Another 19,609 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally of those infected across the country to 1,430,341, as per the UK's health authorities.
The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 529 to 53,274, the data indicated.
Earlier Wednesday, a Downing Street spokesman said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a "clear intent to allow families to spend Christmas together", admitting though that this year's holiday will "not be a normal" one.
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