One further death as a result of COVID-19 has been recorded in Northern Ireland.
There are two new cases.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s First Minister has insisted she will not be drawn into a reckless race’ with the rest of the UK on lifting coronavirus restrictions.
The country’s First Minister acknowledged that Scotland’s pace in coming out of lockdown is ‘slightly slower than England’s’.
And in Europe, people have been visiting parks and other beauty spots as temperatures soared on the second day of a summer heat wave that experts fear could lead to new infections as some flout the social distancing rules.