Covid-19 in the UK: How many coronavirus cases are there in your area?

There have been nearly 4.4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and over 127,000 people have died, government figures show.

However, these figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.

Nearly 34 million people in the UK have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

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The average number of new daily cases in the UK has fallen substantially since the start of the year, but the rate of decline has slowed in recent weeks.

A further 1,712 confirmed cases in the UK were announced by the government on Sunday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that while the UK continues to make progress against Covid, the majority of scientific experts believe there will be another wave at some stage this year.

Two weeks ago the government changed the way cases in England were reported. Cases that were identified using a lateral flow test have been removed if the person subsequently took a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test - for which swabs are sent to a lab for analysis - and tested negative within three days.

It is thought the infection rate was much higher than was evident from the reported number of cases during the first peak in spring last year. Testing capacity was too limited to detect the true number of daily cases.

The darker blue areas on the map below show the places currently seeing the highest number of cases per 100,000 people.

The nations of the UK are moving to the next stages of easing restrictions on everyday life.

England has seen a further easing of restrictions, with non-essential shops, gyms and hairdressers now allowed to re-open, along with outdoor spaces at pubs and restaurants.

Northern Ireland also lifted stay at home restrictions, with people asked to "stay local" and continue to work from home where they can. Up to 10 people from two households are now able to meet outdoors.

In Wales, a drop in Covid cases has prompted the government to bring forward a further relaxation of the lockdown rules, with six people from six households now allowed to meet outdoors while pubs and restaurants can now serve customers al-fresco.

In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed all shops can re-open from Monday 26 April, and pubs and restaurants can open until 20:00 BST indoors, but without alcohol.

Nearly 34 million people - or more than half of all UK adults - have now received a first dose of a vaccine and 12.5 million people have had a second.

In total, more than 28 million people in England have had one vaccine dose.

In Scotland, nearly 2.8 million people have had their first dose, while the figure is about 1.8 million in Wales and 900,000 in Northern Ireland.

More second doses are being given than first doses now, as people in earlier priority groups receive their booster injections.

People below the age of 50 are now being invited to get a Covid jab, after the government announced it had reached its target of offering a first vaccination to all over 50s and those in high risk groups before its target date of 15 April.

All adults in the UK are expected to be offered their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of July.

However, the government has announced that those under the age of 30 will be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine, after evidence linking the vaccine to rare blood clots.

A further 11 deaths across the UK within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Sunday.

There were seven deaths in England, three in Wales and one in Scotland. No deaths were reported in Northern Ireland.

Rules were amended last summer to include deaths in the coronavirus total only if they occurred within 28 days of a positive test. Previously in England, all deaths after a positive test were included.

England has seen the majority of UK deaths from Covid-19. Using the 28-day cut-off, there have been just over 112,000.

The most recent government figures show 1,781 people with coronavirus in hospital in the UK.

Numbers in mid-January reached almost double the highest point of the peak last spring, but have been falling since then

London, the South East and the Midlands saw the highest numbers in the winter peak, but patient numbers have fallen in all UK nations and regions in recent months.

Everywhere saw more patients in hospital in the winter surge than during the first wave last spring.

When looking at the overall death toll from coronavirus, official figures count deaths in three different ways, each giving a slightly different number.

First, government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus - and that total is now more than 127,000.

According to ONS figures released last Tuesday, the UK has now seen more than 150,000 deaths - that's all those deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate even if the person had not been tested for the virus.

The third measure counts all deaths over and above the usual number at the time of year - that figure was more than 119,000 by 9 April.

In total, there were 10,397 deaths registered in the week to 9 April - 1,301 fewer than the five-year average. But the week to 9 April included Easter bank holiday Monday, meaning fewer deaths would have been registered than in a normal week.

Of the total deaths, 422 were related to coronavirus - down by 28 on the previous week.

There have now been more deaths involving Covid than "excess" deaths, which means non-Covid deaths must be below usual levels.

This could be because of a milder flu season - resulting from less travel and more social distancing - and because some people who might have died for other reasons had there been no pandemic, died of Covid.

The "R number" is the average number of people an infected person will pass the disease on to.

If R is below one, then the number of people contracting the disease will fall; if it is above one, the number will grow.

The latest estimate for England is 0.8 to 1.0. In Scotland it's currently 0.7 to 0.9, in Wales it is 0.7 to 1.2 and in Northern Ireland it is 0.7 to 1.05.

The government has said in the past that the R number is one of the most important factors in making policy decisions.