The UK's coronavirus hospital death count has shot up by 406 today, with one of the victims aged just 13-years-old.
England suffered 302 fatalities, Scotland announced 50, while Wales recorded 44 and Northern Ireland had 10 in the highest daily increase since May.
The patients who died in England were aged between 13 and 100 and all but 12 of them - aged 56 to 99 - had known underlying health conditions.
Today's increase is far higher than last Wednesday's 248 new deaths and is the biggest single-day jump in fatalities since May 12, when 425 were announced.
A record 44 new Covid-19 related deaths were announced in Wales by Welsh minister Eluned Morgan today also.
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland there have been 10 further Covid-19 linked deaths in Northern Ireland and 679 new cases of the virus, the Department of Health has announced.
The death toll recorded by the department now stands at 740.
There have been 40,858 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland, including 4,498 in the last seven days.
There are currently 418 patients with Covid-19 being treated in hospital, with 50 in intensive care.
The occupancy rate at hospitals has been reported at 101%.
There are also 120 active outbreaks at care homes in the region.
