Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. On this date a year ago, when the first national lockdown began, 76 people died - the last time daily deaths were not in the hundreds for more than two months. Yesterday 17 Covid patient deaths were recorded, the lowest daily increase in six months. It was the smallest jump in fatalities since September 28, when the same number of deaths was recorded. The number of deaths from all causes registered in the UK that week was 12,465 - 605 lower than the five-year average.

Source: Daily Mirror March 23, 2021 16:10 UTC