The UK has recorded the highest daily death toll of the pandemic so far, today.
The Government said a further 1,564 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.
It comes on the same day the UK death toll surpassed 100,000.
Boris Johnson has said the he NHS will launch a round-the-clock vaccination service as soon as possible.
More than 2.4 million people across the UK have so far received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
Lockdown restrictions in England will remain in place for as “long as they are necessary”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he suggested there are no current plans to tighten existing rules.
Mr Hancock urged people not to “take the mickey” out of the restrictions, but said it was “impossible to know” when they could be eased.
“We will keep the restrictions in place not a moment longer than they are necessary, but we will keep them in place as long as they are necessary,” he told Sky News.
“These measures that we have got in place that we hope to be able to lift – and we should be able to lift, when we have been able to protect through vaccination those who are vulnerable – right now, the vaccination is not in a position to do that.”
