The UK's coronavirus hospital death toll has risen by 202 as England's cases jump to 51,900 a day.
A further 163 people in England, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died - bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 32,647.
Patients were aged between 42 and 100 years old. All except four (aged 60 to 90 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
Scotland recorded 28 new deaths and 1,281 new positive cases, and Wales recorded 11 - with a rise of 1,737 new cases.
Northern Ireland saw nine further deaths and 566 new cases.
ONS figures for England show one in 96 people in England are estimated to have coronavirus, according to the latest official infections data.
The number of infections continues to increase particularly sharply among secondary schoolchildren, the fresh figures show.
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) weekly infections survey shows numbers continue to rise.
There were an average of 51,900 new cases per day in private households in England between October 17 and 23.
This is up from an estimated 35,200 new cases per day for the period from October 10 to 16.
That's up from last week when experts estimated one in 130 people in England had the virus in a single week.
The latest infections data comes as vast areas of England's hard-hit North East including Teeside, wait to hear whether they will be next to be plunged into Tier 3 measures.
The ONS' latest estimates show the highest Covid-19 infection rates continue to be seen in the North West, and Yorkshire and The Humber.
And while rates also remain high for the North East, they are beginning to level off with a larger gap with the other two northern regions, according to its figures.
Rates in the Southwest were increasing but remained low compared to other regions, estimates showed.
The UK's coronavirus R rate has dropped for the second week in a row, despite case numbers rising.
A Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) subgroup said the R for the UK is now 1.1-1.3, with a growth rate range of 2% to 4%.
R represents the average number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect.
However, the R number is still as high as 1.5 in the South West - one of the shrinking numbers of areas without toughened Tier restrictions.
It remains above 1 in all areas - and while it remained static or dropped in most regions, it lifted slightly in the Midlands, and Sage warned today it continues to grow 'rapidly'.
This time last week the R was at 1.3-1.6, with a growth rate of 3% to 6%, which was also a slight dip from the previous week.
