The UK has recorded another 2,919 coronavirus cases overnight, as the daily infection count creeps ever closer to 3,000.
A further 14 people have died from Covid-19 across all settings over the past 24 hours, the latest Department of Health figures also reveal.
It comes amid a fresh blow to holidaymakers, as Portugal and three other countries were added to the travel quarantine list. This means more travellers will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon landing in the UK.
But in good news for Scandinavian travellers an air bridge is to be formed with Sweden, meaning arrivals will no longer be subject to the strict rules.
In other key developments, a total of 9,864 new people tested positive in the week to September 2, according to the latest Test and Trace figures - an increase of 43 per cent in positive cases on the previous week. It is the highest weekly number since the programme was launched at the end of May.
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