The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has soared by 603 with another 13,430 cases recorded. Tragically the death toll has almost tripled since yesterday when the death toll rose by 205 with 12,330 more cases recorded.
Today's death toll brings the total number of deaths so far to 59,051. This is the number of deaths of people who had had a positive test result for Covid-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test.
Meanwhile the number of cases of people who have tested positive has now reached 1,643,086. Last Tuesday, November 24, the number of deaths soared by 608 as a further 11,299 cases were reported.