coronavirus death toll in the UK rose to more than 80,000 as lab-confirmed cases across the country passed the three million mark.
The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital is also at a record high in England, and medics have warned the full impact of social mixing over the Christmas period has not yet been seen.Scientists advising the Government estimate there are currently more than 100,000 new infections per day and possibly higher than 150,000 – which they believe puts the current number of daily cases at a higher level than ever during the pandemic.