professor sharon peacock, professorjohn newton.asn't just a national high—tech laboratories. and it wasn'tjust a national effort, people from across the world including thermo fisher and amazon from the us. qiagen from germany and russia from switzerland. and this is how we did it. because everybody worked together with grit and determination to reach a shared goal and they thrived because the team contains diversity of perspective and background and critically a diversity of thought. and when things went wrong, which they did every single day, believe me, we didn't ask who we could blame, we asked how we could fix it. so, to my team, iwant asked how we could fix it. so, to my team, i want to say, you toiled tirelessly at night and day and i am so proud of what you have achieved. and to all of you on behalf of government, on behalf of the whole country, thank you. as the prime minister said, a big increase in testing provides a way to unlock the puzzle of coronavirus. and testing forms the first element of our plan to test, trace,

numbers are measured has changed in order to meet the government's target of 100,000 tests, professorjohn newtonsting programme said that was not the case. here he is speaking a little earlier. nhs public england's laboratories including in all four countries of the uk undertook 13,753 tests between them, of which there was 2000 and scotland, 1090 in wales, and 1019 in northern ireland. we have a partnership with roche and they undertook some of those tests, so they undertook some of those tests, so the benefit of public—private partnerships. the tests undertaken by the new lighthouse laboratories total 79,522. of by the new lighthouse laboratories total 79,522. of those, by the new lighthouse laboratories total 79,522. of those, 39,153 by the new lighthouse laboratories total 79,522. of those, 39,153 were undertaken in the drive—through centres or by units or in fact by research nurses who administered tests as part of the office of national statistics survey. your question, the home kit still, there we re question, the home kit still, there were 27,497 gets delivered and there we re were 27,49

health secretary matt hancock, england's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van tam and professorjohn newtonck confirmed that the nhs contract tracing app will be trialled this week in the isle of wight, starting tomorrow with nhs staff first, and appealed to anyone living on the island to download the app. but he stressed that this pilot does not mean the end of social distancing. the health secretary says that 85,186 coronavirus tests were provided in some form on sunday, that's below the government's 100,000 tests—a—day target. the number of people who have died with confirmed coronavirus across all settings in the uk has risen by 288. that brings the total number of deaths to 28,7311. the health secretary said the reported figure could be lower than the actual number because of delays in reporting weekend deaths. that is what we heard from the government. joining me now from his constituency in leicester is labour's, shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. thank you very much indeed for being with us the first of all, the briefing at downing street focus very much on these trials on

i'm joined by professorjohn newton, the test and trace coordinator.coronavirus i would like to update you on the latest figures. total 3,691,295 tests have been carried out in the uk including 109,979 yesterday. 265,227 people have tested positive, an increase of 2004 cases since yesterday. sadly of those who tested positive for coronavirus across all settings 37,048 people have now died. yesterday across the uk 134 deaths we re yesterday across the uk 134 deaths were reported. but for the first time since the 18th of march i'm very encouraged to confirm that yesterday there were no deaths from coronavirus recorded in northern ireland. i want to pay tribute to robin swann my opposite number and all those across the nhs and public health in northern ireland and the people of northern ireland who have shown such resolve to be able to bend the curve downwards. and thank them for the work that they have done. while the news may not be this positive every i look forward very to working with them to keep the virus under control in northern ireland. the figu

joining us to explain how that would work is professorjohn newton, the government's national testingted is slightly different for the test which are done within the programme and outside. if you counted them the other way, we are still above the target. for the ones that were sent out yesterday on the 30th rather, we counted them as they went out. we did not count the ones that came back on that day. you can do it either way, it's a very big number and their pets us in a very strong position, as you say, to move on and think about how we support contact tracing and also getting on top and infection in places like care homes. the story we just heard about the tragic impact of coronavirus and ca re tragic impact of coronavirus and care homes is a real reminder, there's still a lot to do. testing can really help with that. that is why we are so pleased to have this capacity and capability to bit it has out there, where they are needed. what this test, track and trace look like? it is still being designed, we will hear more about that in the coming days and weeks. the principle is very s