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The number of new coronavirus cases registered in the UK has decreased for the second day in a row.
A total of 5,693 people were registered who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, compared to 6,042 on Saturday.
Cases had risen for five consecutive days through Saturday, though there had previously been a delay in the number of new infections and deaths recorded on weekends.
Today’s figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 434,969.
Data was not available on the number of tests performed during the 24 hours in question, which means that it was not possible to estimate the current positivity rate, or how many people tested positive per test performed.
The government also said that another 17 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 41,988.
Separate figures released by UK statistical agencies show that 57,600 deaths have now been recorded in the UK where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Several experts have said that there is limited value in comparing the figures with those recorded during the peak months of April and May, when there was much less evidence.
Researchers from Imperial College suggest that there were more than 100,000 new infections daily at that time.
A total of 16 million people nationwide, more than a quarter of the population, live or will live imminently under additional blocking restrictions.
Comes a day later Boris johnson urged the world to unite against the coronavirus, and apparently cautioned against comparing mortality rates across countries.
In a prerecorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the prime minister said that “the very notion of the international community seems in tatters” nine months after the pandemic.
“COVID-19 has caused us to cease other vital work and I fear it made individual nations appear selfish and divided from one another,” he said.
“Every day people were openly encouraged to study a creepy reverse olympic league table and to feel morbid and totally wrong with the greatest sufferings of others.
“We cannot continue like this, we cannot make these mistakes again.”
The official death toll from coronavirus in the UK is the highest in Europe and the fifth highest number of victims in the world.
