A further 1,035 deaths are reported on Saturday, taking the official total to 80,868
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More than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test, official figures show.
The total number of lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has now also exceeded 3 million, according to the government’s dashboard, though the true figure of people who have been infected is likely to be much higher.
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