Michael Gove is to come out of isolation tomorrow - nearly a week early.

It came as the minister was seen jogging in a park near his London home, sparking fears he was breaking lockdown rules.

Initially Mr Gove, who went into isolation after his daughter started showing symptoms, denied breaking the rules.

Anyone who lives with someone who shows signs of the virus is banned from going out for any reason for 14 days.

Michael Gove (pictured) is to come out of isolation tomorrow - nearly a week early. It came as the minister was seen jogging in a park near his London home

When it was pointed out that the ban included leaving home for exercise, Mr Gove revealed his daughter had been tested and did not have the virus.

He said he received special permission from Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty for his daughter to be tested so he could return quickly to full Government duties.

It comes as:

Britain's death toll rose by 737 to surge past 10,000 with one expert warning it was set to be the highest in Europe;

It emerged the Cabinet is split over when to end the lockdown, with growing concerns about the impact of school closures;

Michael Gove revealed he had been granted special dispensation to have his daughter tested for the virus so he could get back to work;

The Archbishop of Canterbury urged that the dead be treated with dignity;

Ministers admitted that only 4,200 of 300,000 small firms had been given loans;

The Royal College of Nursing told its members to refuse to treat patients if they didn't have adequate protective clothing;

Some Britons flouted lockdown rules and were seen soaking up the sun in the nation's parks;

Health Secretary Hancock said he did not have any update on how many NHS staff had died following the 19 he confirmed on Saturday;

The Queen stressed the importance of maintaining the coronavirus lockdown, but insisted: 'Easter isn't cancelled; indeed, we need Easter as much as ever'.

Mr Gove revealed on Tuesday he had gone into isolation for a fortnight. His daughter first had symptoms on April 5.

It now transpires that within 24 hours Mr Whitty had approved a request by Mr Gove for his daughter to be tested.

Mr Gove claimed he was not flouting lockdown rules, saying that he received permission from Chris Whitty to have his daughter tested. She did not contract the virus

What are the lockdown rules? There are four key circumstances in which people can leave the home: 1) Shopping for basic essentials, which should be done as infrequently as possible. 2) To exercise, no more than once a day. 3) Any medical reason, such as attending a hospital appointment or to provide care for a vulnerable person. 4) To travel to and from work, but only if you cannot work from home. The above rules apply unless you live with someone who has displayed Covid-19 symptoms, in which case you cannot leave the house at all for 14 days. And if you display symptoms, you must also self-isolate, not leaving the home for seven days. If at the end of the week you still have a high temperature, continue to self-isolate until it passes. Advertisement

By Wednesday the NHS test came back negative. A source close to Mr Gove said: 'He sought the CMO's advice about what he should do at the suggestion of officials given he's one of the Cabinet ministers leading the Covid-19 response.

On Monday, the CMO advised that Michael's daughter should be tested after displaying mild symptoms.

'She was tested on Tuesday and the result came back negative on Wednesday afternoon, at which point the household isolation rules no longer applied to the family.'

When first asked yesterday about his jog, Mr Gove insisted the 14-day self-isolation rule affecting people such as him did not stop him jogging.

He said the advice to him from Whitehall on Wednesday was: 'One must not leave home for any reason other than to exercise once a day, but stay at least two metres or three steps away from other people.'

But he changed his story when it was pointed out this violated Public Health England rules for people self-isolating for 14 days.

They ban leaving your home for exercise, including 'public spaces' such as Marcus Garvey Park in Hammersmith where he was photographed yesterday morning.

Minister Robert Jenrick faces questions over £100,000 taxpayer bill for a house in his constituency while insisting his coronavirus bolt-hole 130 miles away in Herefordshire is his 'main family home'

By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent for MailOnline, and Brendan Carlin for The Mail On Sunday

A Tory minister accused of flouting the coronavirus lockdown has billed the taxpayer for around £100,000 in rent and council tax for a house in his constituency, despite claiming his main family home is 130 miles away.

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick is facing renewed questions over his decision to see out the lockdown at a house in Herefordshire, despite being the MP for Newark in Nottinghamshire.

After it emerged he traveled 150 miles from London to the country pad near Leominster - despite having a £2.5million flat in the capital - he said it was his family's main home.

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick is under increasing pressure to quit for allegedly defying a ban on travelling to second homes by going 150 miles from London to his mansion in Herefordshire

But his wesbite says that he, his wife Michal and their three daughters 'live in Southwell near Newark, and in London'.

Parliamentary expenses records show that he has claimed £100,000 in rent, council tax and travel expenses since elected in a 2014 by-election.

Last night, one of Mr Jenrick's neighbours in Herefordshire said the idea that the country manor was his main home was 'codswallop'.

Mr Jenrick's website says they live in Southwell, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, and London. There is no mention of a property in Herefordshire.

Mr Jenrick, 38, a successful commercial lawyer with a string of multi-million pounbd properties, is also under fire for claiming he understands what it is like to be 'cooped up'.

Downing Street infection timeline March 10: Health minister Nadine Dorries became the first MP to test positive for coronavirus, shortly after attending a Downing Street reception. March 27: Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock both release Twitter videos saying they have coronavirus and are self-isolating. Hours later, chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty revealed he was self-isolating with symptoms. March 30: The PM's top adviser Dominic Cummings was revealed to be self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms. April 2: Matt Hancock returns to work after seven dies in isolation and making a recovery. April 3: Boris Johnson releases a video from his Number 11 flat saying he is continuing to self-isolate as he is still suffering a temperature. April 4: Carrie Symonds, the PM's pregnant fiancée reveals she has been self-isolating at her Camberwell flat. April 5: The PM is taken to St Thomas' Hospital as a precaution. April 6: The PM is moved to intensive care after his condition spiralled. April 7: Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove reveals he is in self-isolation after daughter showed symptoms on April 5. April 12: The PM is released from hospital, saying it 'could have gone either way' - and goes to Chequers in Buckinghamshire to recuperate. Advertisement

The minister told the BBC last week that he understood the plight of families crammed into small flats during the lockdown and the need to keep local parks open.

He said: 'I am very aware of how difficult this is already. 'I am a father of young children. I know what it's like to have a family cooped up...'

But Tory MPs reacted in fury last night to the comments.

One backbencher said: 'Jenrick's position was already pretty dire, to be honest.

'But to go on the radio and claim you understand what it's like to be cooped up is an insult to my constituents who are enduring the lockdown in small flats.

'Whether his family were already in that country pile of his or still in his London home, he can't possibly say that. 'He really has to go.'

Another Tory MP said: 'This really is stretching the definition of cooped up to farcical levels.'

It comes after Mr Jenrick stayed in his £2.5million London home for the first six days of the lockdown until March 29 when he travelled 150 miles to his country house in Herefordshire to be with his family.

Mr Jenrick, said last night he considers the Herefordshire property to be the family home - but his official Conservative website says different. It fails to mention his 17th-century Grade I listed country house.

He and his wife are understood to spend most of the week in the capital because of Mr Jenrick's ministerial work and his wife's job as a partner for a major US law firm in the City.

But last night, Mr Jenrick – who insists the country manor house is his main family home – faced new claims of trying to 'con' the public over his domestic arrangements

Robert Jenrick home in Herefordshire, which he claims is his family home despite having a property in London and his constituency for his work as an MP

Mr Jenrick moved his family from London to his Grade I-listed Herefordshire mansion before the lockdown. He then delivered food and medicine to his parents in Shropshire , 40 miles away, He has a third home in his constituency, 106 miles from his Herefordshire house he claims is the family home

Under the lockdown rules he has been promoted any travel to second homes is banned - and Scotland's chief medical officer, Catherine Calderwood, was forced to resign at the weekend after visiting her second home twice. In Australia, New South Wales Arts Minister Don Harwin resigned after leaving his Sydney apartment to stay at his Central Coast holiday home and was caught by police.

Mr Jenrick has also been criticised after he drove to visit his parents in Shropshire with supplies last weekend, despite urging others to stay at home for 'all bar the most essential activities'.

The minister tweeted last week: 'For clarity - my parents asked me to deliver some essentials - including medicines. They are both self-isolating due to age and my father's medical condition and I respected social distancing rules'.

But the couple's neighbours told the Guardian that they had already been dropping off supplies at Mr Jenrick's parents' house during the lockdown. This was not denied, though a source close to Mr Jenrick said he had been asked to collect and deliver medication to them too.

Commenting on the minister's visit to his parents last week, the Prime Minister's official spokesman on Friday said: 'The Secretary of State has set out in two different statements the reasons for the journeys which he made. We're confident that he complied with the social distancing rules.'

The spokesman said Mr Jenrick has said himself that his wife and children consider their home in Herefordshire to be their family home.

Asked about Cabinet ministers commuting to and from London, the spokesman said: 'Like everybody else, ministers have been told to work from home wherever possible, and not make unnecessary journeys.

'As part of the coronavirus response there will be occasions when ministers have no option but to work from Whitehall. In the event this is required, and the rest of their household is living elsewhere, it's not an unnecessary journey for them to travel to rejoin their family.'