Weekly coronavirus deaths have climbed by 1,937 in England and Wales, meaning that this is the second week running that the total has exceeded 1,000.
The Office of National Statistics, which counts death certificates where COVID-19 is mentioned, showed a rise of 558, or 40.5%, on the previous seven days – when the figure stood at 1,379.
The latest data from the week up to 6 November take the total number of deaths with COVID-19 to 59,473 in England and Wales.
