COVID deaths in the UK have reached their highest in five months as 174 new fatalities were recorded today.
It is the highest reported daily death toll since March 12 – although the figures are likely to include a lag in reporting over the weekend.


And today, another 30,838 cases of Covid were recorded in the UK.
This brings the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic to 6,555,200.
Government data up to August 23 shows that of the 89,679,178 Covid jabs given in the UK, 47,737,142 were first doses, a rise of 46,401 on the previous day.
Some 41,942,036 were second doses, an increase of 131,283.
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