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The UK has recorded 6,178 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours - the third highest daily total since the pandemic began.
There have only been two days since the pandemic began which have exceeded this total - May 1, when there were 6,201 confirmed cases and April 5, when there were 6,199.
Six months to the day since lockdown was imposed in the UK, there have now been 409,729 confirmed cases of the virus.
A further 37 deaths were also reported - the exact same figure as yesterday - bringing the official death toll across all settings to 41,862.
It comes as Sage member Professor Peter Openshaw warned that a ban on households mixing in England must come "sooner rather than later", and that to wait even two weeks to introduce such measures would be "too late".
Meanwhile the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, issued a stark warning to the public that if the coronavirus rules are not obeyed, Britain could face a second lockdown by Christmas.
Follow the latest updates below.
People enjoy a drink at the re-opened Boomerang Bar, a so-called 'wet bar', where only drinks, not food, are served, in Bray, eastern Ireland - AFP
Students wear protective masks and maintain safe distance as they attend a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools in Peshawar, Pakistan - Reuters
More from the reopening of schools in Pakistan - Reuters
A man carries his son as a health worker collects a swab sample to test for the Covid-19 at a slum area in Hyderabad, India - AFP
Commuters at Waterloo station after Boris Johnson urged those who can to work from home - PA
“I would think if we wait two or three weeks it’ll be too late”
Member of SAGE, @p_openshaw, tells @Emmabarnett he thinks restrictions on mixing in households should be implemented in England “sooner rather than later”
📻 Listen on @BBCSounds pic.twitter.com/sH9nafGb4r— BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) September 23, 2020
So, I’m told the requirement for table service applies to licensed premises only. MacDonalds, Pret & many fast food outlets with eat-in areas will not be required to provide table service. However, those who choose to eat in will need to do so seated at a table. Hope that helps
— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) September 23, 2020
'I haven't done this lightly.'
First Minister of Scotland @NicolaSturgeon responds to @susannareid100's concerns about peoples' mental health after she imposed a ban on indoor visits between households in Scotland.
Watch GMB now 👉 https://t.co/yyUUJmzswF pic.twitter.com/DNM6gSz7nt— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 23, 2020
Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer - Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images
People wear face masks in Newport town centre - Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
Dominic Raab - REUTERS/Toby Melville
.@DominicRaab unable to clear up uncertainty whether if you go to Starbucks, Costa, MacDonalds, Prêt etc you can take your order from till and sit down in premises or if they all become takeaway only. Huge implications for thousands of jobs
— Robert Peston (@Peston) September 23, 2020
Professor John Edmunds - REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Britain's National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Chairman Martin Hewitt holding a digital Covid-19 press conference in n10 Downing street - PIPPA FOWLES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
"Obviously we rule nothing out for the future."@DominicRaab tells #KayBurley that further "more intrusive" #COVID19 rules, including a second national lockdown, cannot be ruled out - but this can be avoided if everyone "pulls together".
Live updates: https://t.co/xuGJzq5XXp pic.twitter.com/NcVi5g6ffB— SkyNews (@SkyNews) September 23, 2020
Boris Johnson - Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
A healthcare checks the temperature of a woman sitting outside her house in an alley during a door-to-door survey for the coronavirus in Jakhan village in the western state of Gujarat - Reuters
Miners panning for gold along a stream near Korowai, Papua province - AFP
"We are winning this battle and we will prevail. It's just a matter of us staying the course - not letting our frustration get the better of us," state premier Daniel Andrews told reporters.
A woman wearing a face mask walks past an outdoor photography exhibition on healthcare workers in Melbourne - JAMES ROSS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
10 monks in Greece’s most secluded monastic community tested positive - Anadolu
