There were 43,738 new cases of Covid-19 in the UK on Tuesday, following on from Monday's near 50,000.

And the UK reported 223 on Tuesday new deaths from Covid-19 - the highest figure since March 9.

There was also the highest ever number of patients seen in A&E in September and 14 times as many Covid patients in hospital compared with the same month last year, according to Prof Stephen Powis, the health service's national medical director.

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