Another 6,042 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the UK in the latest 24 hour period.
It comes a day after 6,874 were reported, which was the highest single-day figure so far in the pandemic.
Up until Saturday, cases had risen for five successive days – but the weekend sometimes comes with a lag in the number of new infections and deaths being recorded.
The numbers are also nowhere near a realistic comparison to the peak of April and May, when Imperial College researchers have suggested there were more than 100,000 daily new infections and there was far less testing.
The overall number of confirmed COVID-19 infections is now 429,277.
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Thirty-four more people in the UK have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, the government has said.
Also, the number of deaths announced on Friday has been revised up from 34 to 35.
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The total number of UK fatalities stands at 41,971.
:: In England in the latest 24 hour period, there have been 4,639 new cases and 30 further deaths
:: In Scotland, there have been 714 more cases, while no further fatalities have been reported
:: In Wales, 370 new cases have been announced as well as three more fatalities
:: In Northern Ireland, 319 new cases have been reported along with one further death
Meanwhile, the developers of the new NHS coronavirus tracing app have admitted more than 60,000 tests carried out in England on Friday – just under a third of the total – cannot be linked to its systems.
The admission appears to undermine the central role of the software, which is to warn people when they have come into contact with anyone who subsequently tests positive.
The long-awaited NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app launched on Thursday across England and Wales.
However, in a response to a tweet by a user who said they had been tested but could not upload the result because they had not received a code, the app's developers said it is not linked to test results processed in a Public Health England lab or NHS hospital.
Seventeen million people – more than a quarter of the UK population – will be living under extra coronavirus restrictions when new measures on socialising come into force in parts of the country.
A ban on households mixing in each other's homes came into effect at midnight in Wigan, Stockport, Blackpool and Leeds.
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