Here are the key coronavirus updates from the last 24-hours. 

  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson said 36,793 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Saturday, up by 118 from 36,675 the day before.
  • In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Sunday, 110,401 tests were carried out or dispatched, with 2,409 positive results.
  • Overall a total of 3,458,905 tests have been carried out and 259,559 cases have been confirmed positive.
  • Boris Johnson gave a public show of support to embattled aide Dominic Cummings, saying he acted with "responsibly and legally and with integrity" when he breached lockdown rules.

The Northern Echo:

  • Schools in Britain will start to reopen on June 1, Boris Johnson said at the Government press briefing yesterday.
  • A further ­­­­four coronavirus patients have died in the North-East and North Yorkshire, figures released yesterday confirm.
  • British people will be able to access a coronavirus vaccine from September, the chief executive of drug maker AstraZeneca has said. Pascal Soriot told The Andrew Marr Show that British people will get first access to the vaccine from autumn. AstraZeneca has previously said it had concluded deals to deliver at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University.