A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.
BBC News reports this means there have been just short of 80,000 deaths by that measure - as another 68,053 new cases were recorded.
Public Health England said the number of deaths would "continue to rise until we stop the spread".
It comes as the government launches a new campaign in England urging people to "act like you've got" the virus.
[Source: BBC]
