coronavirus and over 16,000 people have tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hour reporting period. According to the latest figures from the UK government a total of 150 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of October 17, 2020 - up from 98 recorded on Friday.The jump in deaths is the biggest single-day increase since June 10 and higher than last Saturday, when 81 were recorded.