The UK has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since mid-May, with experts warning the trend in deaths will continue to rise in the coming weeks.

A further 492 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus as of Wednesday, up from 397 the previous day, according to the Government.

These figures are not the number of people who have died in a single day, but instead are the number of deaths reported in the past 24 hours.

It is the highest daily figure since May 19, when 500 deaths were reported, and brings the UK total to 47,742.

Data published on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard shows that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 25,177 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the UK total to 1,099,059.

Dr Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, warned that the number of Covid-19 deaths will continue to rise.

She said: “Sadly we know that the trend in deaths will continue to rise over the next few weeks.

“As the new measures come into place it will take some time for the impact to be seen.

“We have all made sacrifices and they have helped to save many lives. Let’s stick with it to keep our loved ones safe.

“The fewer people you see, the more you’ll help stop the spread.”

It follows a stark projection made during a press conference in September by the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, who faced criticism for warning there could be 200-plus daily deaths in November.

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been about 63,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.

Data shows that a 13-year-old is among the further 302 people who have died in hospital in England after testing positive for the virus.

NHS England said on Wednesday that the patients were aged between 13 and 100 years old and the majority had known underlying health conditions.

A total of 12, aged between 56 and 99, did not have underlying conditions, it added.

The deaths were between between March 30 and November 3 and bring the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 33,637, NHS England said.

Twelve other deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

Meanwhile, there were a further 1,202 cases of coronavirus in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 55,658.

Public Health Wales also reported a further 44 deaths, taking the total in Wales since the start of the pandemic to 1,939.

The number of deaths is the highest daily figure reported by the agency since the start of the pandemic, but a time lag meant the deaths are spread across a number of days and did not all occur during the previous 24 hours.

Scotland has recorded 50 deaths from coronavirus and 1,433 positive tests in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon said.

The First Minister said the death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – has risen to 2,927.

The figures are lower than the 4,649 deaths given earlier by the National Records of Scotland, as they do not include suspected and probable coronavirus infections.

Ms Sturgeon said 68,444 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 67,011 the previous day.