The UK's coronavirus hospital death toll has jumped by 97 - the highest increase on a Wednesday for four months. England reported 68 new fatalities, Scotland had 15, Wales recorded 10 and Northern Ireland had four to bring the overall hospital count to 35,524.
It is down slightly from 101 fatalities on Tuesday, but it is the largest daily total on a Wednesday since 97 were announced on June 17.
By comparison, the death toll on recent Wednesdays increased by 59 (October 7), 52 (September 30), 27 (September 23), 14 (September 16) and 12 (September 9).
The lowest increase announced on a Wednesday was 10 on September 2, while the highest was 936, which was set on April 8 when the UK was going through the first peak of its outbreak.