It comes after 18 deaths and 2,729 cases were recorded in yesterday's figures.
This compares with the 18 deaths and 2,729 cases recorded yesterday.
The latest figures also show the UK has now administered 33,388,637 first doses of a coronavirus vaccine, up from the first dose total of 33,257,651 recorded yesterday. Some 562,056 vaccinations were administered yesterday, with more than 11.6 million people having had two jabs.The total number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus in the UK now stands at 127,385.
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