The UK has reported 40,941 new COVID cases and a further 150 deaths in the latest 24-hour period.
The number of cases is a small drop on Friday’s figures, when 44,242 were recorded.
The total number of COVID deaths in the UK since the start of the pandemic now stands at 143,866.
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Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been 168,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
On Thursday, the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) released data showing a spike in COVID cases among school children in England – with 722.9 cases recorded per 100,000 pupils aged five to nine in the week up to 14 November, up from 484.5.
The rate for 10 to 19-year-olds was 694.2, up from 571.7 per 100,000, with the figures likely to reflect pupils returning to school after half-term, according to the HSA.
Cases across people aged 20 to 59 had increased, although the increase was smaller.
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Meanwhile, infections had dropped for people aged 60 and above.
A total of 50,734,556 first doses of Covid-19 vaccine had been delivered in the UK by November 19, Government figures show. This is a rise of 26,603 on the previous day.
Some 46,129,532 second doses have been delivered, an increase of 20,924.
A combined total of 14,614,613 booster and third doses have also been given, a day-on-day rise of 348,245.
Separate totals for booster and third doses are not available.