MORE than 265,000 people across the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, health chiefs have said.

The Department of Health and Social Care has said that as of 9am on May 26 - 3,681,295 tests have been carried out.

The total number of people who have tested positive for the virus is now 265,227.

A spokesman added: "As of 5pm on May 25, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 37,048 have sadly died."