UK Covid live: 1,401 new coronavirus-linked deaths and 40, 261 cases reported after R-value falls

Latest updates: 1,401 more people have died within 28 days of testing positive; reproduction number of Covid-19 transmission falls to between 0.8 and 1

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4.06pm GMT

In the UK, 1,401 more people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, according to government data.

This number is up from 1,290 further Covid deaths recorded yesterday.

4.02pm GMT

The leaders of West Yorkshire councils have asked the government to reverse a reduction in the allocation of Covid vaccines to the county as part of a plan to give other regions a chance to catch up, PA media reports.

A statement said:

The decision to halve the allocation of vaccine to West Yorkshire and divert some of it to other areas will cause anxiety for all those waiting to receive their jab and already stretched NHS staff. It also risks widening the health inequalities that this pandemic has exposed and which have not been properly addressed in the vaccine rollout programme. The prime minister has described the vaccination programme as a race against time' but our region will struggle to win that race if we cannot have certainty that vaccine deliveries will happen on the promised schedule and in the expected quantities. If some parts of the country are progressing at a slower rate, the answer should be to support those areas, not to penalise those that are delivering faster. We strongly urge the Government to reverse this decision and to focus on working with the vaccine manufacturers to address the supply issue that is at the core of this problem.