Virus case rates have been shooting up around the UK as the country enters a second wave leading to stricter lockdown measures being introduced in some of the worst-hit areas

Cases across the UK have also risen by a further 13,864 – down from yesterday’s 17,540.

Yesterday there were 77 Coronavirus deaths recorded within 28 days of positive test in all settings.

Earlier today the UK’s coronavirus hospital death toll increased by 64 – the highest rise since late June.

England recorded 56 more deaths, Scotland recorded six, Wales counted two and there were no new fatalities in Northern Ireland.

The majority of the deaths were recorded in hospitals in England’s North West and East, where many towns and cities remain subject to heavier local restrictions.

Eight died in London, where virus rates are beginning to rise, bringing fears the capital could follow parts of the North into tighter restrictions.