Covid: UK records almost 54,700 daily cases and 41 deaths

A further 41 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 128,683.

There were also another 54,674 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been more than 154,000 deaths registered in the UK where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate.

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England

Government data shows that 35 more people in England have died of coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 113,139.

A further 50,955 people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 4,691,172.

Scotland

Scotland has recorded four deaths of coronavirus patients and 2,317 new cases in the past 24 hours, the latest government figures show.

The number of people who have died having first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days is now 7,800.

Wales

Public Health Wales has reported 1,083 new cases, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 229,507.

Two new deaths have been reported and the death roll has risen to 5,583.

Northern Ireland

Two deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland while a further 115 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

This brings the total number of deaths and cases in the nation to 2,161 and 123,981 respectively.