Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts while leading a virtual press conference on the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London Tuesday Jan. 26, 2021.
The government said 100,162 people have died in the pandemic after testing positive for the virus, including 1,631 new deaths reported Tuesday.
U.K. statistics agencies say that the number of deaths registered that mention COVID-19 on the death certificate is more than 108,000.
British authorities are banking on a successful vaccination program to help the country suppress the outbreak and ease the lockdown.
People arriving in the U.K. from abroad also must show they have tested negative for COVID-19.