The latest figures come amid concern over a recent small rise in cases linked to the Indian variant.
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The UK has announced zero daily Covid deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the first time since last March.
The latest figures also reported another 3,165 new cases, compared with 3,383 on Monday and 2,493 one week ago.
It comes amid concern over a recent small rise in cases linked to the variant first identified in India.
Reports of daily deaths are often lower at weekends and at the start of the week.
This is because less counting takes place while statisticians are off – and adding in the bank holiday weekend will make this figure less certain still.
Any deaths that happen on Tuesday will be reported in days to come.
It is a blessed relief for the government to announce no deaths in their daily figures for the first time since the pandemic got going.
There are always ifs and buts.
Today’s deaths tell us what was happening with infections a month ago and, right now, it looks like the virus is on the rise again from its current low base.
And the daily count isn’t a perfect picture: some people who died over the bank holiday may have their passing reported on Wednesday.
In fact, according to the UK’s current definition, deaths within four weeks of a positive test, there was a day with no reportable deaths last summer – on 30 July.
But the government did announce some deaths on that day as they were using a different definition at the time.
The pandemic is far from over, but this is a unique day in its history to date.
We can celebrate it and hope that we’ll see more like it in the near future.
The UK’s daily death rate, the number of people being admitted to hospital and those catching the virus have fallen from a peak reached in January.
This comes against the backdrop of the increasing numbers of people receiving the first or second dose of a vaccine.
More than a third of the adult population have now received both doses.
However, the success of the UK’s vaccination programme does not mean that the battle with Covid is over, a scientist advising the government has said.
Prof Adam Finn said the country remained vulnerable as there were still large numbers of unvaccinated people.
There have been calls to delay ending Covid restrictions in England on 21 June amid warnings of a third wave.
But on Tuesday Downing Street reiterated that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had seen nothing in the data to suggest the plan would need to be postponed.
The UK has now reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus infections for seven days in a row.
