Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives - the old mantra for a new lockdown as England prepares to spend at least the next four weeks under stricter coronavirus measures. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)

Ministers have already warned that if it's not enough to bring the infection rate down - the lockdown could be extended.

In the last 24 hours 23,254 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed across the UK. A further 162 deaths have been reported. That takes the total to 46,717

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