A further 18 people have died with coronavirus bringing the death toll in all settings to 41,423.
The Department of Health today reported 1,288 further cases of the virus - as new infections remained above 1,000 for the third straight day.
A total of 324,601 people in Britain have now been confirmed to have contracted Covid-19.
Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show there have now been 57,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Yesterday, deaths in all settings climbed by 2 but new cases were reported to be 1,033.
Earlier today it was reported that a further seven patients died with coronavirus in the UK's hospitals.
NHS England announced the deaths of six patients in its hospitals.
There have been 123 new cases in Scotland - the highest number in almost three months - but there have been no further deaths.
Public Health Wales said there has been one death and a total 34 new cases cases in the country bringing the total confirmed cases to 17,707.
Northern Ireland does not now typically update its coronavirus data over the weekends.
A review into the lockdown is set to take place this weekend.
The surge in cases again in Scotland comes after drastic lockdown restrictions were reimposed on Aberdeen on August 5 after a spike in cases.
All pubs and restaurants were ordered to close and people in the city were banned from visiting each other's houses or travel more than 5 miles for "leisure or recreation.
Experts have warned that Britain may be forced back into another national lockdown if it follows the same trajectory as Spain.
Worrying data shows the country's R rate could be above 1 - meaning Covid-19 cases are no longer falling.
Senior figures told The Telegraph that the government may now have to consider "more nationwide measures", despite Boris Johnson previously saying this would not be the case.
A source said: “If it doesn’t get contained it may be that some things that have been open, you need to think about whether measures need to be taken to reverse things.
“The strategy is to manage this through local outbreak management, but if it moves in the direction of Spain, then clearly you can see what’s happening there, and in France, people are making more nationwide measures."
The news comes as Sir Mark Walport, a former chief scientific adviser, said coronavirus will be present "forever" and people are likely to need regular vaccinations against it.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the pandemic would be controlled by "global vaccination".
