This is the highest daily total reported since 24 April, when 1,010 fatalities were recorded, and brings the national total to 72,548, or 88,000 where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate.
An additional 50,023 new cases were recorded on Wednesday, the Department for Health and Social Care said. A total of 2,432,888 people have now been infected in the UK since the start of the pandemic.
The new figures come as the government extended its tier 4 restrictions to cover three-quarters of England's population. The measures, which ban household mixing and restrict restaurants and bars to takeaway, will now be enforced across large pockets of central, northern and southwest England.
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