The Government is now advising that face coverings should now be worn in enclosed spaces where social distancing is not always possible, including on public transport and in shops - it had previously said that face coverings were not necessary and were only appropriate for medical staff.
In a new 50-page blueprint for lifting the lockdown in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines his hope that primary school children should have at least a month's teaching before the summer holidays and some hairdressers and beauty salons would go back in business at some point in late summer.
The document, called "Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government's recovery strategy", sets out the three-phase approach, starting this week with further lockdown loosening at the start of June and further changes potentially from 4 July.
As of 9am on 11 May, there have been 1,921,770 tests, with 100,490 tests on 10 May.
1,400,107 people have been tested, of which 223,060 tested positive.
As of 4pm today, Swindon has seen 410 cases of Covid-19 and in Wiltshire there have been 491.
As of 5pm on 10 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, 32,065 have died. This new figure includes deaths in all settings, not just in hospitals. The equivalent figure under the old measure would have been 26,797.
It was earlier announced that there have no further deaths reported at Great Western Hospital since 5pm yesterday. In total, 99 people have died of Covid-19 related symptoms since the start of the outbreak.
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