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The UK has recorded another 598 coronavirus deaths in the last 24-hour period, the highest daily death toll since May 6, government figures show.
It means that during the pandemic a total of 52,745 people in the country died within 28 days after testing positive for COVID-19.
Separate figures from UK statistical agencies for deaths where COVID-19 It was mentioned in the death certificate showing that there have been 68,000 deaths related to the virus.
On Tuesday, it was also announced that there have been another 20,051 coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the UK to 1,410,732.
On Monday, 21,363 people tested positive for coronavirus and 213 deaths.
England is in the midst of a national lockdown, and in Scotland Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon has put 11 areas in the highest band of measurements for the first time since a regional system of restrictions was introduced.
The areas will enter Level 4 of the COVID-19 measures for three weeks starting at 6pm on Friday, Sturgeon announced during a statement in the Scottish Parliament.
Wales has come out of its temporary “firewall” but continues to prohibit most social mixing in people’s homes, and Northern Ireland has expanded its “circuit breaker” so that there remain stricter limits on what businesses can open .
Previously, weekly coronavirus deaths were revealed to have rose in 1937 in England and Wales – a 40% increase over the previous increase and the second consecutive week in which the total has reached four figures.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS), which counts death certificates when COVID-19 It is mentioned, it has reported a rise of 558 (40.5%) in the previous seven days, when the figure stood at 1,379.
