Boris Johnson is spending a second night in intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus.
The PM is being kept at St Thomas Hospital in London "for close monitoring" Downing Street said.
Mr Johnson's condition is "stable" and he remains in "good spirits", his spokesman added on Tuesday evening.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said he was "confident" the PM would recover from this illness, describing him as a "fighter".
Mr Raab, who is deputising for the PM, said Mr Johnson was receiving standard oxygen treatment and was breathing without any assistance, such as mechanical ventilation or non-invasive respiratory support
It is understood there will not be a further update on Mr Johnson's condition until later on Wednesday.
Downing Street also confirmed that the review into whether the coronavirus lockdown measures could be eased on Monday had been shelved.
Meanwhile, the first patients have been admitted to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London - a temporary facility set up at the ExCel conference centre.
The admissions come two weeks after the hospital with a planned capacity of 4,000 was formally announced - although an NHS spokesperson stressed limits had not been reached at other sites in London.
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