Until today, Italy had been the European country with the highest number of deaths – and the second in the world (after the US).
But with 29,315 people to have lost their lives to coronavirus – compared to the UK’s 29,427 – it has slipped into third place.
A further 693 coronavirus deaths have been recorded across the UK, taking the total to 29,427, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says.
Earlier on in the briefing, Dominic Raab said the number of coronavirus tests provided across the UK on Monday was 84,806.
The total falls short of the health secretary’s 100,000 target.
