Coronavirus latest: Here's what you need to know this Tuesday, July 7

• Latest figures published on Monday afternoon confirmed none of our North-East or North Yorkshire NHS Trusts had recorded new Covid-19 deaths. Nationally, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 44,236 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Sunday - up by 16 from 44,220 the previous day. This is the lowest number reported by DHSC since June 21 but reporting is often lower on weekends and the Government figures do not include all deaths involving Covid-19 across the UK, which are thought to have passed 55,000. The DHSC also said that in the 24-hour period up to 9am on Monday, there were 352 positive test results. Overall, a total of 285,768 cases have been confirmed.

• Thousands of teenagers are at risk of never returning to full-time education and becoming easy prey for criminal gangs amid the Covid-19 crisis, the children's commissioner for England has warned. A "lost generation" of teenagers could slip out of sight following the coronavirus lockdown and months of school and college closures, according to Anne Longfield. More than 120,000 teenagers in England - around one in 25 - were already falling through gaps in the school and social services systems before Covid-19, a report by the children's commissioner suggests. Ms Longfield is worried even more children, including those who have finished Year 11 or who have had their apprenticeships collapse, will "fall off the radar" following lockdown if action is not taken. 

There are concerns that teenagers could slip through the net when it comes to education Picture: Pixabay

• The UK's aid budget is to be slashed by more than £2 billion as a result of the coronavirus downturn, the International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has confirmed. The UK has legally committed to spending 0.7% of national income (GNI) on aid, but if the economy is smaller, then the total spend will also be smaller. The current economic downturn has forced the Government to conduct a "mammoth" review of the projects it funds in developing countries, with cuts, scale backs and pauses due to come into effect before the end of the year, Ms Trevelyan told MPs on Monday. She said the drop in national income as a result of Covid-19 meant more than £2 billion needed to be stripped out of the aid budget.

International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan Picture: PA

• The NHS Test and Trace system is not yet meeting the target set by the Government's scientific experts, the programme's chief said. Baroness Harding said the system had only been in operation for four-and-a-half weeks and was "not far away" from meeting the goal of getting 80% of a coronavirus case's contacts into self-isolation within a 72-hour period. She also indicated that one of the problems she faced was that less than half of England's population understood they were eligible for a coronavirus test if they felt ill. She declined to give a target date for the launch of the troubled contact tracing app, but said if a fully-functioning product was available it would "free us all up a bit more". The latest NHS Test and Trace figures showed that 27,125 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have had their case transferred to system. Of this total, just 74% were reached and asked to provide details of recent contacts. Some 86% of their 153,442 identified contacts were tracked down and asked to self-isolate for a fortnight.

A coronavirus testing centre Picture: PA

• Downing Street said it expected more countries on England's coronavirus "green light" safe list to announce an easing of travel restrictions on travellers from the UK. The Prime Minister's official spokesman was asked during a briefing with journalists whether it was "misleading" to have published a quarantine-free list when not all of those featured were allowing UK visitors in without restrictions placed on them upon arrival. The No 10 spokesman said: "No, I'll say a couple of things on that. Many countries already don't impose quarantine restrictions on travellers from the UK and we expect more to ease restrictions on UK travellers following our announcement. We are working closely with international partners around the world to discuss arrangements from travellers arriving from the UK. It is obviously a changing situation across the world and passengers should check the individual country pages that we make available on gov.uk for travel advice and any restrictions at their destination before they book their trip and before they travel."