A further 67 people have died from coronavirus in the UK over the past day. Today's rise is the highest Sunday increase in fatalities since June 7, when 77 were recorded, with cases also shooting up today by 16,982.
England suffered 59 deaths, while Northern Ireland had five, Wales three and Scotland zero. It comes as the UK's coronavirus hospital death toll rose by 69.
The two figures are calculated differently which means the hospital deaths number can sometimes be higher than the one for all fatalities.
The UK's overall death count now stands at 43,646, with the total number of cases hitting 722,409. A member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has said Christmas will be "tough" this year and is unlikely to be a