The latest R number is estimated at 1.1 to 1.3, the government said.
The United Kingdom has recorded a death toll of 70,405, defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test. Under that measure, it has the world’s sixth largest toll, after the United States, Brazil, India, Mexico and India.
A broader measure of those dying with COVID-19 on their death certificates puts the United Kingdom’s death toll at 79,349.
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