Broken down, 44 of the today's deaths occurred in England, while Public Health Wales posted three new victims. Scotland and Northern Ireland recorded none. Health officials have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which takes into account data from every setting across the UK. It has the potential to be significantly higher because the early count for England only includes laboratory-confirmed victims in NHS-ran hospitals. Britain's coronavirus death toll now stands at more than 42,000. Only the US, Brazil, India and Mexico, all countries with substantially larger populations, have suffered more fatalities. It comes after an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report released today revealed 139 people succumbed to the life-threatening disease in England and Wales in the week ending September 18, up from 99 in the previous seven days (40.5 per cent). This marks the third week in a row Covid-19 fatalities have risen after reaching a record low of 78 at the beginning of September. For comparison, 900 people were dying from the virus every day in April. The weekly rise may confirm experts' fears that climbing infections in recent weeks would eventually translate into more deaths, although it is too early to tell for definite. Cases have been on the up since July 4, when hundreds of thousands of Britons flocked to pubs, bars and restaurants to celebrate 'Super Saturday' after they were finally allowed to re-open following months of being shut to contain the life-threatening virus.