Coronavirus map LIVE: UK death toll jumps by 204 as second wave warning sounded

The further deaths announced by the Department of Health and Social Care take the total to 40,465. The number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 has risen by 1,557 to 284,868.

It comes a study from UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warned that fully reopening schools could trigger a second wave of coronavirus by December.

Professor Chris Bonell, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC: “Our concern from the data at the moment is test-trace-isolate is not reaching the coverage we think is the minimum.

"There is clearly a risk of a second pandemic wave… I'm worried. The R [rate of virus spread] is a bit below one [the point at which the number of new cases starts to take off again], but the incidence is high so it's precarious."

Dr Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, from UCL, also warned: “Cases are not coming down as much as we wanted.

“I would caution against reopening schools when we are doing a lot of other interventions and we don't know the impact of them.

"Everything depends on control of transmission, there is the threat of a second pandemic wave."

Dr Ed Hill, from the University of Warwick, added: “If we reopen all schools it could push R above 1 in some regions.

"Decisions surrounding reopening of schools are a difficult trade-off between the epidemiological consequences and the needs of the children in terms of educational development."

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10.30pm update: Places of worship set to reopen for private prayer from June 15

Churches and other places of worship are set to open for private prayer from June 15, the Government has announced.

People will be able to pray while adhering to social-distancing rules - but worship groups, weddings and other services will still not be allowed.

Downing Street said the changes would only be made if the Government's five tests for easing lockdown are met.

10pm update: Poll suggests 47% disapprove of the Government’s handling of coronavirus crisis

Nearly 50 percent of the public disapprove of the Government's handling of the coronavirus crisis with the Tory lead over Labour narrowing, new polling suggests.

A survey of 2,000 UK adults between June 4-5 by Opinium Research put the Conservatives' vote share at 43 percent, while Labour has gone up to 40 percent.

Some 47 percent of those surveyed disapproved of the way the Government has handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

9pm update: Third of firms getting emergency loans have tax haven links - study

Nearly a third of companies in receipt of coronavirus loans from the Bank of England have links to tax havens, new research suggests.

Analysis by investigative think tank TaxWatch claims 14 of the 53 businesses which have benefited from help are either based in or substantially owned by a tax haven resident.

They have received more than £5 billion in loans as part of the coronavirus corporate financing facility (CCFF) - a Bank of England scheme designed for some of the biggest companies with credit ratings.

8.15pm update: More schools abandon reopening plans amid virus spread in North West

More schools have shelved plans to reopen on Monday after new data suggested coronavirus could still be spreading in the North West of England.

Health officials at Blackburn and Darwen Council, which runs 85 schools in Lancashire, emailed local schools on Friday advising them not to reopen on Monday morning.

The same advice has been given by public health officials in Tameside, Greater Manchester, to delay reopening to June 22.

It comes after new data showed the reproductive rate of the virus, known as the R value, is higher than the threshold of 1 in the North West region.

7.30pm update: Ireland’s coronavirus death toll up 9

The coronavirus death toll in Ireland has risen by nine to 1,678.

There have been 24 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 25,183.

5.55pm update: Lessons must be learned to prepare for second coronavirus wave - expert

An inquiry into failures around the UK Government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic must be completed within months to prepare for a second wave, Scotland's former chief scientific adviser has said.

Professor Dame Anne Glover said the UK could be faced with "very many more needless deaths" during the winter without a "rapid and transparent" inquiry looking at areas such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and track and trace systems.

Prof Glover said: "Where failures have happened, and I think they have in each one of those things I've mentioned, then (we need to understand) why have the failures happened and how can we avoid those failures in the future.

"This inquiry needs to be delivering in a matter of months, not a matter of years, because the purpose of it is to ensure we do not make the same mistakes should we get a second wave of the virus.

"Nobody's perfect and it is OK to make a mistake but it would be inexcusable to make the same mistake twice."

4.45pm update: Thousands take part in anti-racism protests despite warnings against mass gatherings

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in London for an anti-racism rally despite warnings by the Government against mass gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Protesters packed into Parliament Square for the Black Lives Matter demonstration following the death of George Floyd.

Mr Floyd, 46, who was African American, died after a white police officer held him down by pressing a knee into his neck in Minneapolis on May 25.

Demonstrators carried signs with messages including "black lives matter" and "no justice, no peace".

4pm update: Hospitality sector calls for two-metre rule to be halved

The Government should halve the two-metre social distancing rule if pubs and restaurants are to survive when they finally reopen, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and UK Hospitality have warned.

BBPA chief executive Emma McClarkin said: "It must be recognised that no two pubs are the same and for many, ensuring a distance of two metres will be impossible, keeping them closed for much longer.

"Actioning advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for example to use one metre for social distancing from July would enable many more pubs to viably reopen and serve their communities again."

UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "At two metres you are receiving 30 percent of your normal revenues, at one metre it gets up to 70 percent - so it is the difference between success and failure for many of those businesses. They will need support if two-metre social distancing is in place.

"If that is what the science says and if that is what our public health needs, that is what we will maintain. We just need to have the additional Government support to make that workable."

2.45pm update: The UK death toll has increased by 204

The death toll from coronavirus has increased by 204 taking the official UK victim total to 40,465.

12.20pm update: Historic Lymington market reopens amid lockdown ease

A street market which has been operating for over 600 years has reopened more than two months after closing in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

Lymington and Pennington Town Council, which runs the market, gave traders the go-ahead to set up stalls again on Saturday.

Fewer stalls than usual were open, while customers were urged to stay apart when queuing and to sanitise their hands.

11.05am update: Kate Garraway 'threw up' after being told sick husband could be 'locked in coma forever'

Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper has been critically ill in intensive care for 10 weeks after contracting coronavirus. The Good Morning Britain host has now said she has been told to prepare for her "second worst case scenario".

Mr Draper, 52, was put into an induced coma in early April.

Ms Garraway was asked by a senior doctor what her greatest fear was and she revealed it was Derek dying.

The GMB host told The Sun: ”He replied, ‘Well, now I think I have to give you a second worst case scenario, which is that he never changes from this. That he is locked in this for ever’.”

"I threw up, there and then. People had said to me before that they thought he was going to die, but not that he might stay in this state."

11.05am update: Iranian wedding party fuelled new coronavirus surge, President Rouhani says

A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said but insisted the country had no option but to keep its economy open.

President Rouhani said on state TV: “At one location, we witnessed a peak in this epidemic, the source of which was a wedding that caused problems for the people, health workers and losses to the economy and the country's health system.”

He did not say when or where the wedding took place.

New cases dipped to 2,886 on Friday, bringing Iran's total cases to more than 167,000, with over 8,000 deaths.

10.30am update: Schools are being "strongly advised" not to admit more pupils as coronavirus could still be spreading in the North West of England

Headteachers in Tameside, east of Manchester, have been told to delay the wider reopening of schools beyond key workers' and vulnerable children, planned for Monday, "until there is further assurance," the council's director of public health, Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy said in a letter to schools.

The North West has the highest rate of coronavirus infections in England according to Public Health England (PHE).

Data from PHE released on Friday gave an R value of 1.01 for the North West and 1.0 for the South West, with all other regions below 1.

Tameside is postponing the reopening of schools until at least June 22.

10.00am update: Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases

Indonesia has reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections with 993 new cases.

The total number of COVID-19 cases is now 30,514, a health ministry official said.

Achmad Yurianto added the number of people who had died from coronavirus in Indonesia had risen by 31 to 1,801.

9.45am update: Sunday trading laws could be suspended under Government plans to stimulate the economy following coronavirus

Downing Street is said to be drawing up legislation to enable larger supermarkets to open for more than six hours on Sunday, according to The Times.

The proposed measures to relax Sunday trading and planning laws could be announced as soon as restrictions end.

According to The Times, ministers will argue that the change will “limit the blight of empty properties” and “allow high streets to adapt to the post-coronavirus economy”.

9.35am update: More than 6.77 million people infected with coronavirus

More than 6.77 million people have been reported infected with the new coronavirus globally and 395,053 have died, a Reuters tally showed. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China last December.

9.00am update: Russia reports 8,855 coronavirus cases

In the last 24 hours, Russia has reported 8,855 new coronavirus cases and 197 deaths

8.30am update: NHS trusts not consulted or given notice on Government plans for mandatory face coverings by all hospital visitors and outpatients

NHS trusts were not consulted or given notice on Government plans for all hospital visitors and outpatients in England to be required to wear face coverings from June 15 and all hospital staff to need to wear surgical masks, the chief executive of NHS Providers has said.

Chris Hopson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Two major changes on the use of personal protection equipment and on visiting policy were announced late yesterday afternoon at the end of what to be frank was a very busy, difficult and hard week for our trust leaders, with absolutely no notice or consultation.

"I think it's the latest in a long line of announcements that have had a major impact on the way the NHS operates in which those frontline organisations feel they have been left completely in the dark and they are then expected to make significant and complex operational changes either immediately or with very little notice."

Additional reporting by Nicole Stinson.