There have been a further 9,834 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK, according to government data, a fall from last Sunday's figure of 10,972.

A total of 4,115,509 people have tested positive. A further 215 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported, bringing the total to 120,580. There were 258 last Sunday.

The seven-day rolling average, which evens out reporting irregularities in the daily figures, shows that cases are down by 16.2 percent compared to the previous week (8 - 14 February). Fatalities have decreased by 27.4 percent by the same measure.

There have been 129,498 fatalities where COVID-19 is mentioned as a cause on the death certificate, registered up to 5 February.

With one in three adults in the UK now having received a COVID vaccine, the health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the government's new aim of offering a jab to all adults in the UK by the end of July.

He also revealed Prime Minister Boris Johnson would on Monday offer a "cautious" roadmap for lifting current lockdown restrictions, with Britons given an "indicative sense" of how COVID measures might be eased.

But he said the UK needed to remain "vigilant" against the spread of new COVID variants.

(With input from agencies)