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UK daily figures show 1,040 new COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog past a poster promoting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at local mobile test centres, in Hounslow, London, Britain August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The United Kingdom recorded 1,040 new positive tests for COVID-19, the government said on Sunday, the sixth day in a row there have been more than 1,000 infections in daily figures.

A further five people were reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus.

(Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by David Goodman)

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