A further 631 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 60,921, NHS England said on Sunday.

Patients were aged between 29 and 103. All except 31, aged between 46 and 93, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between November 5 and January 16.

There were 36 other deaths reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

The Government said a further 671 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 89,261.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 105,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

The Government also said that, as of 9am on Sunday, there had been a further 38,598 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,395,959.