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UK records 1,441 daily COVID-19 positive tests, highest since June 14

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre, as the city and surrounding areas face local restrictions in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the region, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble

The United Kingdom recorded 1,441 positive tests for COVID-19, the highest daily tally since June 14, government data showed on Friday.

Daily cases have come in above the 1,000 mark for five of the last six days.

A further 11 people were reported to have died after testing positive for the virus within 28 days.

(Reporting by Kate Holton, editing by David Milliken)

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