7th June, 2020
The United Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll rose by 77 to 40,542 on Sunday.
According to the published government data, Scotland and Northern Ireland reported no COVID-19 deaths in the previous 24 hours.
Although there is usually a delay in the reporting of deaths over weekends, the latest figure is one of the lowest since the lockdown began.
The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has, however, warned that “we can’t read too much into a single day’s figures” after Scotland reported no deaths for the first time since lockdown began.
“We know the registration of deaths are relatively low at weekends,” said Sturgeon
However, the Scottish health secretary warned people that it was “very likely” that more deaths would be recorded in the coming days, reiterating that there is often a lag in the registration of deaths over the weekend
Similarly, no new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland.