The UK has recorded another 1,295 coronavirus deaths and a further 41,346 infections, latest government figures show.
It brings the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test to 88,590.
A total of 3,357,361 cases have now been recorded.
The latest daily death figure is the UK’s third-highest of the pandemic, although the figures are based on the dates when deaths were reported and not when they occurred.
The chart above shows deaths by the date they happened throughout the pandemic.
On Friday, 1,280 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded along with 55,761 new cases.
The government also revealed the latest number of COVID-19 vaccinations, with a total of 3,559,179 people given their first jab across the UK.
This means that more people have had their first dose of the vaccine than have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Despite the promise of the vaccines, the sharp rise in cases and deaths has prompted officials to take restrictions further by ending the travel corridor system.
People travelling from some countries with low coronavirus case rates had been allowed to enter the UK without self-isolating, but all foreign travellers will have to quarantine for 10 days from Monday – or receive a negative test at least five days after landing.
All flights from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde have been banned following the emergence of two new coronavirus variants from Brazil that have worried authorities.
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Eight cases of the first variant have already been discovered in the UK, while leading epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds has warned the second is already likely to be circulating – although it has not been detected so far.
There are concerns the second variant could be more transmissible and reinfect those who have already had COVID-19, but this is not yet known.
There have been some signs of a small reduction in COVID-19 cases in parts of the UK over recent days, although infections remain high at around 40,000 per day and some local areas are still seeing rises.