Public Health England (PHE) have admitted they missed out counting 15,481 positive coronavirus cases going back to September 25.
Yesterday the total number of infections across the UK jumped by a record 12,872 with PHE blaming a 'technical issue' which led to a delay in cases being added to the dashboard.
Today the total increased by a further 22,961 with an additional 33 deaths. The total number of lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has passed 500,000 since the outbreak began, according to the Government's dashboard.
Interim Chief Executive of PHE Michael Brodie said: "A technical issue was identified overnight on Friday 2 October in the data load process that transfers Covid-19 positive lab results into reporting dashboards.