the Covid-19 virus recorded in the figures.The daily death toll has increased by 93 per cent since the 230 fatalities recorded last Saturday, on Boxing Day.The Mirror reports: "This has been one of Britain's worst weeks of the pandemic, with the country setting a second wave record for daily deaths - 981 on Wednesday - and new all-time highs for confirmed cases in a single 24-hour period."On New Year's Eve, 55,892 confirmed cases were reported in the UK, after 53,135 had been recorded on Tuesday.While the distressing figures come as medical experts warn infection rates, hospitalisations and deaths will get worse in the coming weeks.President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Andrew Goddard, warned BBC News on Saturday that the.