The UK is now regularly conducting more than 100,000 Covid-19 tests each day

Tests in 24 hours to 9am on date shown

200,000

30 April

81,611 tests carried out.

Matt Hancock pledged

100,000 by the end of April

2 June

135,643

150,000

21 April

17,970 tests

carried out on

day daily

deaths peaked

at 1,172

100,000

50,000

0

5 April

19 April

3 May

17 May

2 Jun

200,000

30 April

81,611 tests carried out. Matt Hancock

pledged 100,000 by the end of April

2 June

135,643

150,000

21 April

17,970 tests carried out on day

daily deaths peaked at 1,172

100,000

50,000

0

5 April

12 April

19 April

26 April

3 May

10 May

17 May

25 May

2 Jun

Guardian graphic. Sources: DHSC, Welsh and Scottish governments, N Ireland executive. Note: Some people are tested more than once, therefore the number of tests completed may be higher than the number of people tested