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An additional 15,166 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the UK.
The latest figures also confirm another 81 Covid-19 deaths in Britain, bringing the tragic total to 42,760.
The previous Saturday, the death toll rose by 49 on October 3, 34 on September 26, and 27 on September 19.
Last Saturday, October 3, a total of 12,872 new cases were confirmed.
It means a total of 590,844 infections have been reported in Britain since the pandemic began, 1,302 more than Friday’s figure.
Earlier today, another 87 coronavirus deaths were recorded in UK hospitals. Of these, 60 were in England, 21 Wales and in Scotland there have been six more deaths.
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Northern Ireland has reported no further deaths.
Today’s total hospital death toll was the largest increase since the end of June.
Last Saturday, October 3, 51 deaths were registered in hospitals in the United Kingdom. The previous Saturday, September 26, the death toll increased by 23.
Scotland recorded six deaths of confirmed coronavirus patients and more than 1,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to the latest statistics.
Scottish government figures show 1,009 patients tested positive for Covid-19, down from Friday’s record of 1,246 new infections.
Infected patients represent 14.1% of those newly evaluated, compared to 16.2% on Friday.
There were six more deaths from patients who died within 28 days of the first positive test, bringing the total number to 2,550 since the start of the outbreak.
The number of coronavirus patients in the hospital also peaked at 14 weeks, with 432 people with the virus receiving treatment.
The figure is 35 more than the 397 patients on Friday and the highest number of positive cases recorded at the hospital since July 2.
Of these patients, 34 were in intensive care, three more than the number reviewed on Friday.
In the past seven days, 6,591 people tested positive for the virus in Scotland, bringing the total to 38,042.
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There have been a further 627 Covid-19 cases in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 29,654.
Public Health Wales said on Saturday that another 21 deaths had been reported, bringing the total number of related deaths since the start of the pandemic to 1,667.
But he added that the large increase was the result of a delay in the incorporation of 17 deaths that occurred in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Board of Health area between October 3-7.
Another 902 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.
No new deaths were reported.
A total of 134 patients are hospitalized. Nineteen are in intensive care and 11 of them are ventilated, the Health Department said.
Nearly 5,500 people have tested positive in the past seven days.
The Health Department reported about 1,080 cases on Friday.
There are still significant limits on domestic contacts in Northern Ireland.
Tighter precautions were introduced in the city of Derry and the Strabane local government district in the northwest, where the virus has spread throughout the community.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said an expansion of the employment support scheme would protect jobs and provide “peace of mind and a safety net” for individuals and businesses across the UK ahead of a potentially “difficult winter. “.
Stormont Prime Minister Arlene Foster welcomed the funding.
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