The UK's coronavirus death toll is up by 598 and the number of daily confirmed cases has been recorded as 20,051. Today's grim figure of people who have died after testing positive for Covid-19 is the highest number since May.
The overall death toll in the UK is now 52,745 and the total number of positive cases stands at 1,410,732. The news comes as the number of deaths in England and Wales with Covid-19 on the death certificate soared by 40% in just a week, new figures show.
A total of 1,937 deaths registered in the week ending November 6 mentioned coronavirus, according to the Office for National Statistics.
This is the highest number of deaths involving the virus since the week ending May 22. It is also up from 1,379 deaths in the week