direct to your inboxA further 1,295 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus - the most ever on a Saturday.More than 40,000 new cases have also been recorded.The Government's official toll is now 88,590 fatalities within 28 days of a positive test.But the true figure is more than 104,000 when death certificates mentioning Covid-19 are included.Saturday's total is the UK's third deadliest day behind a record 1,564 fatalities on January 13 and 1,325 on January 8.It is also higher than the two previous Saturdays - 1,035 on January 9 and 445 on January 2.And it's the fifth straight day with more than 1,000 fatalities.As deaths continue to trend upwards - rising by 23.5 per cent in the seven days to January 16 compared with the.