THE UK's coronavirus death toll hit 45,300 today after 27 more fatalities were announced.
The Government's Department of Health has not confirmed the new figures reported by Public Health England (PHE) - after experts accused the body of bungling the figures.
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Another 726 Covid cases were reported by PHE today, bringing the overall number of UK infections to 294,792.
Today's rise in deaths is smaller than it was yesterday, when 40 fatalities were logged.
It is also the third smallest rise recorded on a Sunday since lockdown began - beaten only by last Sunday's jump of 21 and the Sunday before that (22).
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In England, another eight people died from the bug in hospital, bringing the total number of Covid deaths in English hospitals to 29,181.
Patients were aged between 61 and 91 and all of them had underlying health conditions, according to NHS England.
No new deaths were announced in Scotland, leaving the deadly toll there at 2,491.
Wales confirmed one fatality overnight, bringing the grim tally there to 1,547.
Northern Ireland is no longer publishing its coronavirus statistics over the weekend.
URGENT REVIEW
It comes as a review into the UK's coronavirus death data was launched after experts said the number of fatalities could be over-exaggerated.
Until now, the Department of Health has reported the data published by Public Health England each day.
But the Government is now pausing its daily updates as it urgently reviews how PHE reports the stats.
Quizzed on whether PHE's data is reliable, the head of the Office for National Statistics said the data can be useful for considering trends in the figures.
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Speaking to Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, said: "The PHE data are basically aimed to look at trends over time in recent times. If you want to know the accurate data on deaths – and I would say this – but my recommendation is that you go to the ONS data."
Prof Diamond said the UK's current Covid infection rate is "basically flat," adding the trend will continue if we are "really careful".
When asked whether the ONS has seen an uptick in infections recently, the ONS chief said: "No we haven’t.
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"We are basically flat over the last few weeks - and clearly there are one or two outbreaks in various parts of the country."
He added: "The message has been quite consistent in that we must be alert and we must socially distance and if we are really super careful, and if we are able to follow all the rules, it does seem to me that we should expect there to be a relative flat line at the moment.
"Clearly over the autumn we will need to be ever vigilant.”
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