The daily high of 938 deaths took Britain’s total to more than 7,000.
The health ministry said the total of confirmed infections rose to nearly 61,000 from 282,000 people tested, but government experts estimated that many hundreds of thousands of people were infected.
In London, buses began introducing stricter measures to protect drivers and other staff from possible infection with the coronavirus on Wednesday, following the death of at least nine drivers in the city.
The nine drivers were among 14 London transport staff who died after becoming infected with coronavirus.
Many Londoners are working from home or not working during Britain’s near-lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
But others, including construction workers, are using the city’s reduced transport service to commute to work, meaning some buses and underground trains are still crowded. DPA/NAN