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Another 150 people died from the coronavirus during the last day in the UK.
The surge in deaths is the largest single-day increase since June 10 and much higher than last Saturday, when 81 were recorded.
Some 128 deaths occurred in England, 15 in Scotland, five in Wales and two in Northern Ireland, bringing the total death toll in the UK to 43,579.
Another 16,171 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, meaning the total number of diagnosed cases now exceeds 700,000.
Around half of England’s population is currently under new restrictions as part of the government’s three-tiered lockdown system.
More than 28 million people live under Level 2 and Level 3 blockades after measures were tightened in places like Lancashire, London, most of Essex and York.
Lancashire entered a Level 3 lockdown, which carries the strictest restrictions on socializing, at 12:01 am on Saturday.
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It joined Liverpool as the only regions at that level, but Greater Manchester could join them next week.
Under the strictest controls, pubs and bars close unless they can serve meals and mixing indoors is prohibited.
It comes as the UK hospital death count increased by 108 over the past 24 hours, five times more than a month ago.
The jump is the highest daily total since the beginning of June and five times higher than a month ago.
England reported 86 new deaths, Scotland had 15, Wales had five and Northern Ireland had two to bring the total hospital count to 35,838.
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Along with Thursday’s 108 total, it’s the most hospital deaths announced in a single day since June 10’s 109, and it’s more than five times the Sept. 19 total (21 deaths).
In recent Saturdays, 87 deaths were confirmed on October 10, 51 on October 3, and 23 on September 26.
The lowest total on a Saturday was five on August 15, while the highest was 917 on April 11, when the UK was at the initial peak of its outbreak.
NHS England announced 86 deaths, bringing the total number of hospital deaths in England to 30,911.
The latest victims were between 44 and 99 years old, and all but two patients, ages 62 and 79, had known underlying health problems.
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The deaths occurred between September 16 and October 16. Three other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
The North West had the highest number of deaths (33), followed by the Midlands (17), North East and Yorkshire (15), London (11), South East and South West (4 each) and the East (2).
Scotland has recorded 15 deaths from coronavirus patients in the past 24 hours, the latest figures from the Scottish government show.
This brings the death toll according to this measure, of people who tested positive for the virus for the first time in the previous 28 days, to 2,609.
A total of 1,167 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 46,399.
This represents 17.6% of the newly screened people, up from 16.9% on Friday.
There are 675 people in the hospital confirmed to have the virus as of yesterday, 46 in 24 hours.
Of these patients, 62 were in intensive care, four more.
The death toll in Wales rose to 1,708 after five more deaths were recorded.
There were 674 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 34,679.
Two more deaths were announced in Northern Ireland, where the death toll is now 610, and the number of new cases rose to 26,208 with 1,031 additional positive tests.
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