There have been 4.9 million confirmed cases of slotxo coronavirus in the UK and more than 128,000 people have died, government figures show.
However, these figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.
More than 45 million people in the UK have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
After declining substantially at the start of the year, the average number of daily confirmed cases has been rising sharply in recent weeks.
A further 27,334 confirmed cases in the UK were announced on Monday.
The rise in cases is being driven by the Delta variant, which spreads faster than the previously most common Kent variant (now named Alpha).
However the UK is set to end all legal restrictions on everyday life from 19 July, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlining a five-point plan for "living with Covid".
The plan includes a reduction in the interval between vaccine doses for the under 40s, meaning everyone over 18 should be double-jabbed by mid September, an end to the 1m plus social distancing rule, and no limits on numbers meeting indoors or outdoors.
Legal requirements to wear face coverings will also end, Mr Johnson said, but guidance will continue to suggest places "where you might choose to do so".
Recent data suggests that the vaccination programme has reduced hospital admissions and deaths, with an estimated fewer than one in 1,000 infections now leading to a death - compared with one in 60 during last winter.
Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance said that while the high level of vaccine coverage makes it more difficult for the virus to spread, hospitalisations and deaths will continue to increase.