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A further 14,718 coronavirus cases and 189 related deaths have been recorded in the UK.
The numbers show a slight drop from the figures released on Sunday, when 17,272 cases were reported along with 231 related deaths.
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Compared to this time last week, the number of people diagnosed with the virus has risen from 12,330.
But the number of deaths has dropped from 205 to 189.
This brings the total number of cases in the UK to 1,737,960, and the number of people who died within 28 days of a positive test now stands at 61,434.
England saw 11,623 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of diagnoses to 1,490,720. A total of 177 people died within 28 days of testing positive, with the death toll now at 53,747.
Northern Ireland added 397 cases, and has now had 55,444 positive tests. Nine more deaths were added to the figures there, bringing the total to 1,059.
In Scotland, there were another 677 cases, for a total of 100,783. One person died within 28 days of a positive test in Scotland, bringing the death toll to 3,917.
Wales reached 91,013 cases after 2,021 other people were found to have the virus. Two other people died there, so there have now been 2,711 deaths in Wales.
