Britain's coronavirus death toll has soared to 15,538 after almost 900 more hospital fatalities were reported in 24 hours. A further 885 people have died since Friday afternoon, according to new daily totals released individually by England (784), Scotland (56), Wales (28) and Northern Ireland (17).
In England, the latest patients to die were aged between 26 and 100. Of those, 38 (aged between 44 and 96) had no known underlying health condition.
The UK total previously stood at 14,653 at the same time on Friday after a further 825 deaths. It is one of just five countries with more than 15,000 deaths, joining the US, Italy, Spain and France.
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