Authorities are trying to contain the outbreak linked to the Xinfadi wholesale food market, Beijing’s biggest supplier of produce and meat (Picture: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

The UK’s official death toll from coronavirus sits at 42,153 after another 184 were confirmed to have died with the virus on Wednesday.

The figures, released by the Department of Health and Social Care yesterday, account for deaths across all settings, including in care homes and the community.