The UK has surpassed Italy's coronavirus death toll with 32,375 deaths recorded.
The UK has now recorded the highest number of deaths in Europe.
The Office for National Statistics today released figures showing that 29,710 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in England and Wales up to May 2.
The latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 2,272 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to April 26.
And the latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), also published last week, showed 393 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Northern Ireland up to April 29.
In each case, the figures are based on all mentions of Covid-19 on a death certificate, including suspected Covid-19.
Updated figures from the National Records of Scotland are due to be published tomorrow.
England's deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said comparing death rates between countries is complex because of the different ways data is collected.
She told the Health and Social Care Committee: "We will have to wait quite some time I think, until the end of this pandemic to do robust comparisons, and even then it will be extremely difficult."
