ALMOST 312,000 people across the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, health chiefs have said.

The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that as of 9am on June 29, there have been 9,290,215 tests carried out.

In total, 311,965 people have tested positive for the virus.

A spokesman for the department added: "As of 5pm on 28 June, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 43,575 have sadly died."