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The United Kingdom recorded 167 coronavirus-related deaths and 38,013 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to government data.
The numbers compare with the 191 deaths and 38,975 infections reported yesterday, while 178 deaths and 38,154 cases were announced this time last week.
In the past seven days, 272,334 infections were reported, an increase of 15.3% from the previous week. And 921 deaths were recorded in the past seven days, a weekly increase of 18.5%.
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Since the pandemic began early last year, 133,841 people have died in the UK within 28 days of testing for the novel coronavirus, and there have been 7,132,072 laboratory-confirmed infections.
Separate figures from the Office for National Statistics show there have been 158,000 deaths registered in the UK where COVID-19 is mentioned on the death certificate.
Also, 25,131 people received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine yesterday, bringing the total to 4,834,566 (88.9% of people aged 16 and over in the UK).
And 87,960 had a second injection on Wednesday, which means that 43,708,906 have now been fully vaccinated (80.4%).
It is estimated that COVID vaccines have directly averted 112,300 deaths in England, according to new figures from Public Health England. Previous estimates were 105,900 deaths.
It comes as Welfare Secretary Helen Whatley has suggested that health and care workers who refuse to be vaccinated could be moved to back-office positions.
She said there are people who have not been able to get the vaccine for medical reasons, but that those who refuse the vaccine could lose their jobs on the front lines.
The government is conducting a six-week consultation on plans to make COVID-19 and flu vaccinations mandatory for frontline healthcare workers.
About 92% of NHS staff received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine while 88% got both doses.
Workers in registered care homes have already been told they will need to be beaten twice as a condition of being deployed to care homes in England by 11 November, unless they are exempted.
Meanwhile, rates of coronavirus cases in England are rising in most age groups, with the exception of people aged 20-29, 60-69, and people aged 80 and over, according to Public Health England.
The highest rate is between 10 to 19 years old, with 681.4 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days to September 5 – a sharp rise from 478.3 the previous week.
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The second highest rate is among the 20- to 29-year-old, dropping from 412.1 to 373.2.
The lowest rate is among people aged 80 and over, at 114.0, down slightly from 115.4.
Separate numbers from the testing and tracking system showed that a total of 191,431 people had tested positive for COVID in England at least once a week until 1 September, down 4% from the previous week.
The number of people who tested positive for the virus was around 200,000 in the last six weeks of data.
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