Another 758 patients have died in England after contracting the coronavirus - bringing the total to 5,655.

The figures have been released by NHS England, showing 224 of the deaths were in London, 142 in the Midlands and 101 in the east of England.

Earlier, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said 296 people had died there after catching COVID-19 - a rise of 74 from 222 on Monday.

She said the figure was "relatively large" because Scotland is moving to record deaths seven days a week, having confirmed just four over the weekend which she had said at the time was "artificially low".

In total, 4,229 people have tested positive for the virus in Scotland, and the number of patients currently being treated in hospital for COVID-19 is 1,751 - including 199 in intensive care, she added.

In Wales, Dr Giri Shankar, an incident director at Public Health Wales, announced 19 more people with coronavirus have died - a rise of 19 to 193.

And in Northern Ireland three more deaths have been recorded - taking the total to 73.