A further 12 people have died of the coronavirus. The UK's death toll from Covid-19 now stands at 41,549 in all settings. One person died in Wales and 11 in England.
A further 1,813 people tested positive, bringing the total to 344,164. The rise in the past 24 hours is more than 700 more than it was last Saturday.
Yesterday the coronavirus case count rose by 1,940. The figures were last that high at the end of May, when much stricter lockdown restrictions were still in place.
Covid-19 cases had topped 1,700 on Thursday for the first time since June. Yesterday a further 10 people death's from coronavirus were added to the toll.