More than 1,700 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK in the last 24 hours.The Department of Health has also recorded a further 13 deaths since yesterday, bringing the UK death toll to 41,527.A total of 1,735 tests results have come back positive in the last 24 hours - the highest number of confirmed cases in a day since June 4, and an increase of 227 from yesterday.A total of 340,411 cases have now been confirmed in the UK since the pandemic began.Separate figures published by