The death toll from coronavirus in Britain has risen to 31,587, an increase of 346 in a 24-hour period, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said at the government’s daily news briefing.

Further, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has surged to 215,260 after 3,896 more patients tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. 11,809 patients are in the hospital.