A further ten people have died after contracting coronavirus in Bristol - the joint-highest total since the pandemic first hit.
The grim milestone comes on the same day that the UK confirmed its highest daily death toll of the Covid crisis to date.
Today (Wednesday) another 1,820 people were reported to have died, this compares to 1,610 on Tuesday, which again was the biggest jump in fatalities throughout the pandemic so far.
Six further deaths were reported in North Somerset, where a further 84 cases were confirmed on Wednesday.
Three coronavirus-related deaths were recorded in South Gloucestershire. This district confirmed a further 169 infections.
And two deaths were in Bath and North East Somerset, where 73 positive lab tests were returned.
It has also been confirmed that coronavirus hospital admissions are now at their highest since the pandemic first hit - with 404 Covid inpatients in Bristol's wards.
And the latest data - published on January 12 - by Public Health England's shows 21 patients were being cared for on ventilators at North Bristol Trust and 21 at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston.
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Half of Bristol cases are among people aged between 30 to 59, as council chiefs confirm cases are increasing due to 'community transmission'.
The breakdown of new cases
The daily rise in cases for each part of the region is recorded below, with the total figure during the pandemic in brackets:
Bath and North East Somerset: +73 (6,757)
Bristol: +227 (24,725)
North Somerset: +84 (8,128)
South Gloucestershire: +169 (11,925)
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UK cases
A further 38,905 cases were reported today, the fifth day in a row that numbers have been below 40,000 after positive test results peaked in the mid-50,000s at the beginning of January.
The vast majority of local authorities in the country are seeing a week-on-week reduction in their case rates.
Public Health England data released yesterday shows 96 per cent, or 301 of them, saw their case rates fall in the seven days up to January 15.
