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

  • Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed the Government intends to bring all children back to school in September. He told the daily Downing Street press conference: "School is vital for every one of our children. That is why we will bring all children, in all year groups, back to school in September. While many children have already returned to school, I do understand that there is anxiety still among parents. "I want to assure you that the wellbeing of your children is the absolute top priority for every single one of us."
  • Schools in England will be able to use a £650 million fund "at their discretion" to help children catch up on missed work. Speaking on Sky News, schools standards minister Nick Gibb said the Government wants to ensure no pupils face any long-term detriment to their education as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.
  • The Government has extended measures to prevent landlords from evicting businesses struggling due to the coronavirus crisis, it has been announced. The extension will run until the end of September and comes as the Business and Communities departments launch a voluntary code of practice between landlords and tenants, including the hospitality and retail sectors.
  • The Prime Minister said changes were likely to be made to social distancing regulations as a result of the coronavirus transmission rate reducing. "What you've got to look at is the overall incidence in the country as a whole and there is no question it is coming down," said Mr Johnson, when speaking to broadcasters at the school in Hemel Hempstead.
  • There has been no further coronavirus patient deaths in hospitals in County Durham, Darlington, Tyne and Wear and North Yorkshire. The only Covid-19 death in the region was recorded on Teesside by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. Latest figures published on Friday afternoon confirmed a total of 1,716 people have now died after testing positive for the virus since the outbreak began.
  • Public Health Wales said a further four people had died after testing positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of deaths to 1,475, while the total number of cases there increased by 31 to 15,001.
  • The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 42,461 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Thursday, up by 173 from 42,288 the day before. The Government figures do not include all deaths involving Covid-19 across the UK, which is thought to have passed 53,000.