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Nearly 17,000 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across the UK overnight.
The Government said that, as of 9am on Sunday, a further 16,982 lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 had been confirmed.
It brings the total number of infections reported since the start of the pandemic to 722,409.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DHSC) said a further 67 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for the disease, bringing the official death toll to 43,646.
However, separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have now been more than 58,500 deaths registered in the UK where the virus was mentioned on the death certificate.
It comes as Britain’s hospital death toll rose by 69 – the biggest increase on a Sunday since early June.
Hospital fatalities are reported separately from the DHSC figures, which is why there is a discrepancy in the two numbers.
Coronavirus hits the UK – In pictures
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A deserted Westminster Bridge
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A man wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past customers sat outside a restaurant
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Boris Johnson addresses the nation on the Coronavirus lockdown
Andrew Parsons
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Runners pass cardboard cutouts of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William during the London Marathon in London
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An empty escalator at Charing Coss London Underground tube station
Jeremy Selwyn
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Electronic bilboards displays a message warning people to stay home in Sheffield
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A sign is displayed in the window of a student accommodation building following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mancheste
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People take part in a ‘We Do Not Consent’ rally at Trafalgar Square, organised by Stop New Normal, to protest against coronavirus restrictions, in Londo
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People sing and dance in Leicester Square on the eve on the 10PM curfew
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Hearts painted by a team of artists from Upfest are seen in the grass at Queen Square, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bristol
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Graffiti reads ‘good luck and stay safe’, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, under a bridge in London
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A sign is pictured in Soho, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a coronavirus briefing in Downing Street, London
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Riot police face protesters who took part in a ‘We Do Not Consent’ rally at Trafalgar Square, organised by Stop New Normal, to protest against coronavirus restrictions in London
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A person runs past posters with a message of hope, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Manchester
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An image of The Queen eith quotes from her broadcast to the UK and the Commonwealth in relation to the Coronavirus epidemic are displayed on lights in London’s Piccadilly Circus
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Military vehicles cross Westminster Bridge after members of the 101 Logistic Brigade delivered a consignment of medical masks to St Thomas’ hospital
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Durdle Door in Dorset
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Captain Tom Moore
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Mia, aged 8, and Jack, aged 5, take part in “PE with Joe” a daily live workout with Joe Wicks on Youtube to help kids stay fit who have to stay indoors due to the Coronavirus outbreak
PA
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An NHS worker reacts at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS
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Goats which have taken over the deserted streets of Llandudno
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Tobias Weller
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Novikov restaurant in London with its shutters pulled down while the restaurant is closed
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London Landscapes: Hyde Park and the Serpentine, central London.
Matt Writtle
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A newspaper vendor in Manchester city centre giving away free toilet rolls with every paper bought as shops run low on supplies due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus
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Theo Clay looks out of his window next to his hand-drawn picture of a rainbow in Liverpool, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue
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A young man cuts another man’s hair on top of a closed hairdresser in Oxford
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General view of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital, built to fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
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Jason Baird is seen dressed as Spiderman during his daily exercise to cheer up local children in Stockport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues
Reuters
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A woman wearing a face mask walks past Buckingham Palace
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A man holds mobile phone displaying a text message alert sent by the government warning that new rules are in force across the UK and people must stay at home
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Medical staff on the Covid-19 ward at the Neath Port Talbot Hospital, in Wales, as the health services continue their response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part in a virtual Cabinet meeting with his top team of ministers
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A shopper walks past empty shelves in a Lidl store on in Wallington. After spates of “panic buying” cleared supermarket shelves of items like toilet paper and cleaning products, stores across the UK have introduced limits on purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have also created special time slots for the elderly and other shoppers vulnerable to the new coronavirus.
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People on a busy tube train in London at rush hour
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Mia, aged 8 and her brother Jack, aged 5 from Essex, continue their school work at home, after being sent home due to the coronavirus
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Children are painting ‘Chase the rainbows’ artwork and springing up in windows across the country
Reuters
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Social distancing in Primrose Hill
Jeremy Selwyn
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A general view of a locked gate at Anfield, Liverpool as The Premier League has been suspended
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Homeless people in London
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A piece of art by the artist, known as the Rebel Bear has appeared on a wall on Bank Street in Glasgow. The new addition to Glasgow’s street art is capturing the global Coronavirus crisis. The piece features a woman and a man pulling back to give each other a kiss
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The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace, London, for Windsor Castle to socially distance herself amid the coronavirus pandemic
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A general view on Grey street, Newcastle as coronavirus cases grow around the world
Reuters
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Matt Raw, a British national who returned from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, leaves quaratine at Arrowe Park Hospital on Merseyside
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Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty (L) and Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance look on as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news conference inside 10 Downing Street
Reuters
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The ticket-validation terminals at the tram stop on Edinburgh’s Princes Street are cleaned following the coronavirus outbreak.
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Locked school gates at Rockcliffe First School in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
PA
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A sign at a Sainsbury’s supermarket informs customers that limits have been set on a small number of products as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases grow around the world
Reuters
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Jawad Javed delivers coronavirus protection kits that he and his wife have put together to the vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh
AFP via Getty Images
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A sign advertising a book titled “How Will We Survive On Earth?”
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask today in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
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A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads “Diseases are in the City” in Edinburgh
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Staff from The Lyric Theatre, London inform patrons, as it shuts its doors
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A quiet looking George IV Bridge in Edinburgh
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A quieter than usual British Museum
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A racegoer attends Cheltenham in a fashionable face mask
SplashNews.com
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A commuter wears a face mask at London Bridge Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A empty restaurant in the Bull Ring Shopping Centre
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A deserted Trafalgar Square in London
PA
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Passengers determined to avoid the coronavirus before leaving the UK arrive at Gatwick Airport
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A deserted Westminster Bridge
PA
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A man wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past customers sat outside a restaurant
AFP via Getty Images
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Boris Johnson addresses the nation on the Coronavirus lockdown
Andrew Parsons
4/61
Runners pass cardboard cutouts of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William during the London Marathon in London
AP
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An empty escalator at Charing Coss London Underground tube station
Jeremy Selwyn
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Electronic bilboards displays a message warning people to stay home in Sheffield
PA
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A sign is displayed in the window of a student accommodation building following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mancheste
Reuters
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People take part in a ‘We Do Not Consent’ rally at Trafalgar Square, organised by Stop New Normal, to protest against coronavirus restrictions, in Londo
AP
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People sing and dance in Leicester Square on the eve on the 10PM curfew
Reuters
10/61
Hearts painted by a team of artists from Upfest are seen in the grass at Queen Square, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bristol
Reuters
11/61
Graffiti reads ‘good luck and stay safe’, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, under a bridge in London
Reuters
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A sign is pictured in Soho, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
Reuters
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a coronavirus briefing in Downing Street, London
AP
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Riot police face protesters who took part in a ‘We Do Not Consent’ rally at Trafalgar Square, organised by Stop New Normal, to protest against coronavirus restrictions in London
AP
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A person runs past posters with a message of hope, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Manchester
REUTERS
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An image of The Queen eith quotes from her broadcast to the UK and the Commonwealth in relation to the Coronavirus epidemic are displayed on lights in London’s Piccadilly Circus
PA
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Military vehicles cross Westminster Bridge after members of the 101 Logistic Brigade delivered a consignment of medical masks to St Thomas’ hospital
Getty Images
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Durdle Door in Dorset
Reuters
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Captain Tom Moore
via Reuters
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Mia, aged 8, and Jack, aged 5, take part in “PE with Joe” a daily live workout with Joe Wicks on Youtube to help kids stay fit who have to stay indoors due to the Coronavirus outbreak
PA
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An NHS worker reacts at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS
Reuters
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Goats which have taken over the deserted streets of Llandudno
@AndrewStuart via PA
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Tobias Weller
PA
24/61
Novikov restaurant in London with its shutters pulled down while the restaurant is closed
25/61
London Landscapes: Hyde Park and the Serpentine, central London.
Matt Writtle
26/61
A newspaper vendor in Manchester city centre giving away free toilet rolls with every paper bought as shops run low on supplies due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus
PA
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Theo Clay looks out of his window next to his hand-drawn picture of a rainbow in Liverpool, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue
Reuters
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A young man cuts another man’s hair on top of a closed hairdresser in Oxford
Reuters
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General view of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital, built to fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
via Reuters
30/61
Jason Baird is seen dressed as Spiderman during his daily exercise to cheer up local children in Stockport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues
Reuters
31/61
A woman wearing a face mask walks past Buckingham Palace
Getty Images
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A man holds mobile phone displaying a text message alert sent by the government warning that new rules are in force across the UK and people must stay at home
PA
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Medical staff on the Covid-19 ward at the Neath Port Talbot Hospital, in Wales, as the health services continue their response to the coronavirus outbreak.
PA
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part in a virtual Cabinet meeting with his top team of ministers
PA
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A shopper walks past empty shelves in a Lidl store on in Wallington. After spates of “panic buying” cleared supermarket shelves of items like toilet paper and cleaning products, stores across the UK have introduced limits on purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have also created special time slots for the elderly and other shoppers vulnerable to the new coronavirus.
Getty Images
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People on a busy tube train in London at rush hour
PA
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Mia, aged 8 and her brother Jack, aged 5 from Essex, continue their school work at home, after being sent home due to the coronavirus
PA
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Children are painting ‘Chase the rainbows’ artwork and springing up in windows across the country
Reuters
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Social distancing in Primrose Hill
Jeremy Selwyn
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A general view of a locked gate at Anfield, Liverpool as The Premier League has been suspended
PA
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Homeless people in London
AFP via Getty Images
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A piece of art by the artist, known as the Rebel Bear has appeared on a wall on Bank Street in Glasgow. The new addition to Glasgow’s street art is capturing the global Coronavirus crisis. The piece features a woman and a man pulling back to give each other a kiss
PA
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The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace, London, for Windsor Castle to socially distance herself amid the coronavirus pandemic
PA
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A general view on Grey street, Newcastle as coronavirus cases grow around the world
Reuters
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Matt Raw, a British national who returned from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, leaves quaratine at Arrowe Park Hospital on Merseyside
PA
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Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty (L) and Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance look on as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news conference inside 10 Downing Street
Reuters
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The ticket-validation terminals at the tram stop on Edinburgh’s Princes Street are cleaned following the coronavirus outbreak.
PA
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Locked school gates at Rockcliffe First School in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
PA
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A sign at a Sainsbury’s supermarket informs customers that limits have been set on a small number of products as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases grow around the world
Reuters
50/61
Jawad Javed delivers coronavirus protection kits that he and his wife have put together to the vulnerable people of their community of Stenhousemuir, between Glasgow and Edinburgh
AFP via Getty Images
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A sign advertising a book titled “How Will We Survive On Earth?”
Getty Images
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask today in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
53/61
A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads “Diseases are in the City” in Edinburgh
AFP via Getty Images
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Staff from The Lyric Theatre, London inform patrons, as it shuts its doors
PA
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A quiet looking George IV Bridge in Edinburgh
PA
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A quieter than usual British Museum
Getty Images
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A racegoer attends Cheltenham in a fashionable face mask
SplashNews.com
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A commuter wears a face mask at London Bridge Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A empty restaurant in the Bull Ring Shopping Centre
Getty Images
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A deserted Trafalgar Square in London
PA
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Passengers determined to avoid the coronavirus before leaving the UK arrive at Gatwick Airport
Getty Images
Of today’s confirmed deaths among patients, 61 were recorded in England, five in Northern Ireland, three in Wales recorded and none in Scotland.
It is the largest jump on a Sunday since 77 deaths were reported on June 7.
It is also almost double last Sunday’s figure when 35 fatalities were confirmed.
Separate data shows there were 4,974 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England on Sunday –up from 3,451 a week ago.
Of these, 503 were in ventilation beds, up from 401 last week.
A total of 632 patients with the virus were admitted to hospitals in England on Friday, compared with 544 a week earlier.
It comes as Boris Johnson faces mounting pressure to impose a short national lockdown known as a “circuit-breaker”.
Professor Jeremy Farrar, of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) said it is “never too late” to impose a temporary national shutdown.
However, he stressed, the best time to have done this would have been last month when Sage advised it.
Asked on Sky News on Sunday if the Government would take the measure during the October half-term break, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove replied flatly: “No.”
— to www.standard.co.uk
