UK Covid deaths have risen by 191 as cases surge by 15% amid Autumn spike fears.
A total of 38,975 new cases have also been reported, a day after figures showed yesterday deaths had quadrupled in a week to 209.
Infection numbers in the last seven days are up 15.3% on the week before, and the weekly death count is up 26.1%, Reuters reports.
The Government said a further 191 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 133,674.
Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have now been 158,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 38,975 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK, the Government said.
It comes as figures released this week also show more than 150 NHS trusts in England have seen a rise in Covid patients in hospital since Freedom Day, as the government reportedly weighs up a fresh lockdown.
Analysis by The Mirror reveals that since July 19, when coronavirus restrictions were lifted, 154 trusts recorded an increase in the number of beds taken by people with the virus.
Hospitals in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, London and Leicester are among those to have seen the sharpest rises.
Whitehall chiefs are said to be getting alarmed about a rising tide of hospitalisations, with a "firebreak" lockdown next month said to be under consideration, with half term to be extended for schoolchildren.
On the day social distancing rules were scrapped, there were 3,813 people in hospital in England, a figure which had risen to 6,375 by 8am yesterday - a 67 per cent increase.
Daily figures released by NHS England show all regions of the country have seen the number of patients in hospital go up, with London, the Midlands and North East and Yorkshire worst hit.
