The UK has recorded a further 36,710 cases cases and new 182 new deaths in a huge rise on last week's figures.
The number of deaths has increased in a week since last Thursday where 158 people lost their lives in just 24 hours.
Cases have also risen by nerly 10,000 from last Thursday where 26,911 people had tested positive for the disease, compared to the 36,710 today.
In just 24 hours, Thursday's statistics showed that 714 people had been admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus - making a current total of 7,588. 943 of those patients are on ventilation beds.
The statistics come after it was revealed the weekly number of Covid cases have fallen by 22 per cent since June - despite the relaxation of the remaining restrictions and students returning to schools.
The numbers have hit their lowers level since June in the week up to September 15, where some 161,923 people tested positive at least once for the virus in the seven-day period, a level not seen since the 136,372 cases recorded in the week up to June 30.
It was explained that the sudden drop could be driven partly by a 12 per cent fall in testing, although no completely.
Weekly tests fell from 6.4 million in the week England's schools returned to 5.6 million in the week up to September 15.
However, these were still above testing rates earlier in the summer, where less than 5 million people a week were tested over August.
Scientists were predicting an increase in September when children returned to school and have now been left scratching their heads.
Professor Sir John Bell, a professor of medicine at Oxford University, said the country is "over the worst" and things "should be fine" once winter has passed.
Dame Sarah Gilbert also told a Royal Society of Medicine webinar that viruses tend to become weaker as they spread.
On Wednesday, it was said that a new health innovation - nanobodies produced inside a llama - could help in the fight against Covid.
Scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute injected Fifi the llama with a portion of the spike protein, which then led to her producing tiny antibodies which were extracted.
Hamsters also infected with the coronavirus were given the nanoparticles and managed to shrug off the worst of the infection and scientists believe the discovery could help provide a new frontline treatment against coronavirus in the form of a nasal spray.
Their research shows that the nanobodies - a smaller, simpler form of antibody generated by llamas and camels - can effectively target the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes coronavirus.
Short chains of the molecules, which can be produced in large quantities in the labratory, significantly reduced signs of Covid-19 when given to infected animal models, according to the study.
The nanobodies bind tightly to the virus, neutralising it in the laboratory, and could then provide a cheaper and easier alternative to the human antibodies taken from recovered Covid-19 patients.
