On Wednesday, Britain reported a record 1,564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test from COVID-19.
There was also another 47,525 additional cases reported.
The reported number of deaths exceeds the 1,325 recorded on January 8.
It comes as Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said coronavirus lockdown restrictions will remain in place in England for as “long as they are necessary”.
Mr Hancock told Sky News that it was “impossible to know” when restrictions could be eased.
He added: “We will keep the restrictions in place not a moment longer than they are necessary, but we will keep them in place as long as they are necessary,” he said.
“These measures that we have got in place that we hope to be able to lift, and we should be able to lift when we have been able to protect through vaccination those who are vulnerable – right now the vaccination is not in a position to do that.”
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