1,610 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 – the highest number of UK deaths on a single day since the outbreak began.
Meanwhile, a further 33,355 confirmed coronavirus cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours.
That compares with figures released on Monday of 599 further deaths and 37,535 confirmed cases.
But the weekly figures have shown to fall on Sunday and Mondays as some deaths over the weekends are not registered until Mondays.