The UK has recorded the highest number of deaths since March despite a drop in Covid-19 cases. A further 131 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday – the highest day-on-day rise since March 17 bringing the UK total to 129,303. There had been a further 23,511 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK as of 9am on Tuesday, the Government said, meaning daily reported cases have fallen for a seventh day in a row. Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been 154,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Responding to the 131 deaths, Dr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: “Rates are still high and the pandemic is not over yet, today we have recorded the highest number of deaths since March.
“This is in part due to the high number of cases recorded in recent weeks. We know deaths follow when there are a high number of cases and data today highlights we are still in the third wave.