There have been another 104 deaths recorded in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.
The number was a drop from yesterday’s figure of 146, which was the highest total since March.
However, cases had increased today by 29,612, a higher number than yesterday’s data showing 23,510 new infections.
Cases have dropped from a high of 60,681 on July 15 in the latest peak, but have started to creep up again from a low of 21,691 on August 3.
There have now been 130,607 deaths linked to coronavirus, as recorded in the government daily data.
Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been 155,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Government data up to August 10 shows that of the 86,969,109 Covid jabs given in the UK, 47,129,400 were first doses, a rise of 37,511 on the previous day.
Some 39,839,709 were second doses, an increase of 151,143.
The weekly National Records of Scotland (NRS) data shows 10,421 people have now died since the start of the pandemic from confirmed or suspected coronavirus.
In daily Scottish government figures, there were 10 coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,498 new cases in the past 24 hours.
This now takes the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,013.
The latest figures show the daily test positivity rate is 5%, down from 7.8% the previous day.
Three further deaths of patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 have been reported in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Health said there had also been 1,467 new confirmed cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.
NHS England confirmed another 62 deaths in hospitals linked to coronavirus.
Public Health Wales announced they would not be releasing figures today, saying: ‘Due to a technical issue with our rapid Covid-19 surveillance dashboard, we will not be publishing an update today.’
More than three weeks after so-called ‘freedom day’ in England, there are signs that several areas are starting to see a resurgence of the virus despite a recent drop, with places in the Midlands most severely affected.
In figures covering the period up to August 6, 187 (59%) of the 315 local areas in England have seen a week-on-week rise in rates, 126 (40%) have seen a fall and two are unchanged.
We pinpointed the potential hotspots in a map here.
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