Covid: UK records highest number of daily deaths since March

There has been another worrying rise in the number of cases and deaths from Covid.

The latest 24-hour government figures show there have been another 43,738 new cases in the UK. Another 223 people are reported to have died with Covid – the highest daily number since March. The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test is now 138,852 since the start of the pandemic.

Today, the new head of the NHS has been speaking to ministers about the winter ahead.