Coronavirus UK news LIVE: Clap for Carers returns for NHS birthday after Super Saturday mayhem and deaths hit 44,198

Clap for Carers is set to return to tonight to mark the 72nd birthday of the NHS.

The last Clap for Carers took place on May 28, and the event is making a one-off return to celebrate, while public buildings are being lit up in blue.

It comes as pubs, restaurants and hairdressers opened up across England for the first time in months in day dubbed ‘Super Saturday’.

But boozing Brits caused mayhem as thousands of revellers hit pubs and bars up and down the country.

The chairman of the police federation said it was ‘crystal clear’ today that drunk Brits cannot socially distance

Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in the UK rose to 44,198 after 67 more deaths in Britain and Northern Ireland, making it the lowest Saturday death toll since lockdown began.

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