LONDON, Aug 29 — Britain recorded a further 61 Covid deaths and 33,196 more cases today, official data showed.

Infections in the last seven days rose by 5.8 per cent on the week before, and weekly deaths jumped by 16 per cent. The Sunday figure for fatalities tends to be lower than weekdays due to a delay by some hospitals in reporting deaths.

Britain has recorded an average of 114 daily deaths in the last week. — Reuters