"In the 24 hours up to 9am on 1 May, there were 122,347 tests in the UK," a government slide presenting the figures said. That compares to 81,611 tests completed the day before.
Hancock had set a target of 100,000 daily tests before the end of April. The government figures showed that 73,191 people were tested on the day where there was 122,347 tests.