Coronavirus: UK sees over 26,000 new Covid-19 cases, a new daily record

 (Independent)
(Independent)

The government announced a record daily total of 26,688 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK on Wednesday. bringing the total number of cases in the UK since the pandemic began to 789,229.

It also said a further 191 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, as of Wednesday. This brings the UK total to 44,158.