The UK has recorded 40,224 more Covid-19 cases over a 24-hour period - the highest figure in five weeks.
The latest figures released by the government on Monday shows that 265,934 infections have been picked up in the past seven days, an 11.2 per cent rise on the previous week.
The daily figure is the highest the UK has seen since Monday, September 6, when 40,801 cases were reported.
It brings Britain’s Covid-19 infection rate to 354.6 per 100,000 population, one of the highest in Europe - exceeded by only a handful of countries including Serbia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Twenty eight more fatalities with 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported.
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