A further 13 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in UK hospitals, all of them in England.
Both Scotland and Wales reported no new coronavirus-linked deaths on Saturday, while Northern Ireland has yet to announce its figures for today.
The new fatalities bring the total number of deaths related to coronavirus in UK hospitals to 33,749, based on figures announced by each region of the UK.
It comes after the Department of Health and Social Care "paused" its release of the daily coronavirus death toll, following the launch of urgent review by Health Secretary Matt Hancock into its accuracy.
Mr Hancock demanded the review amid suspicions England’s deaths may have been over-reported.
Academics at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine believe “one reason” for the higher fatality numbers in England is a “flaw in the way Public Health England compiles 'out of hospital' deaths'.
Other countries put a time limit on linking deaths to Covid-19 - Scotland’s is 28 days since a positive test.
However in England, anyone who has ever tested positive for Covid-19 and then dies is included in the death figures, even if they have died from something else.
A source said: “It turns out you could have been tested positive in February, recovered, then hit by a bus in July and you’d be recorded as a covid death.”
DHSC's announcement sparked anger on social media, with one user writing: "I suggest you get someone to pull their finger out and get this sorted over the weekend. Behave like a private sector company would when its reputation has tanked."
Another said: "Can this be resolved ASAP so we have daily figures to gauge the danger we are in. Please do not let this drag."
Earlier this month the DHSC stopped releasing the daily death toll on Twitter, instead updating a webpage daily. Many Brits have used the figure as a marker of the challenge ahead.
