Just shy of 4,000 new coronavirus cases have been detected in the past 24 hours. Today 3,991 positive tests were returned - the highest number since early May, when the pandemic was coming down from its peak.
According to Department for Health data the most cases on one day came on May 1, when 6,201 people tested positive. That was two weeks after the UK's peak in terms of deaths when more than 1,200 people lost their lives.
Today a further 20 people's deaths were added to the toll, with 17 in England, two in Northern Ireland and one in Scotland. Yesterday the coronavirus death toll jumped by 27 - the second highest daily increase since July 29.