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The UK has recorded its deadliest day from coronavirus so far, with 1,610 deaths recorded on Tuesday.
It comes as the number of new infections fell, with confirmed coronavirus cases within 24 hours dropping to 33,355 – down from 38,598 cases on Sunday, and 37,535 on Monday.
A further 1,610 people died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test, Public Health England (PHE) confirmed. This is the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.
Data published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 108,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
After the latest coronavirus death figures were released, the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, tweeted: “Awful. Horrific. Devastating. And it didn’t have to be like this.”
PHE also said 4,266,577 people in the UK have received the first dose of a vaccine, a rise of 204,076 on Monday’s figures.
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