The UK reported on Tuesday 1,148 new cases of COVID-19, the highest overall since 21 June.
The cumulative total number of instances in the UK is 312,789, according to government data.
This is only the time since June when the daily total of new instances shown exceeded 1000. The example last Sunday, when the daily figure is 1,062.
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The British government stopped posting updates on the number of deaths by COVID-19 on 17 July due to a review of how the statistics were reported, which has not yet been completed.
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More than 46,000 people have died from the disease in the UK, the death toll in Europe.