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Tougher lockdown measures - dubbed Tier 6 - are reportedly being considered by the Prime Minister as coronavirus case numbers continues to soar.
The Prime Minister announced the start of the latest national lockdown on Monday, January 4 - an attempt to quash case numbers as they spiral out of control.
But since then the daily figures have continued to produce disturbingly high numbers of new cases and - tragically - deaths.
On Tuesday, the Government announced that there had been another 45,533 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, while there was also a further 1,243 deaths - the second highest daily death toll reported so far. This brings the UK total to 83,203 deaths.