Britain today announced a record 129,471 new COVID-19 cases, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not impose new restrictions this year to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
Johnson said yesterday that he would not introduce new measures in England, but his ministers urged citizens to celebrate the New Year with caution and warned that regulations would be tightened if the health system was on the verge of collapse.
The previous high daily incidence in Britain was 122,186 on December 24.
Today’s figures do not include accounts from Scotland and Northern Ireland, due to differences in logging practices during the Christmas holidays. The 12,378 cases reported for Wales include data that would normally have been reported earlier.
The latest figures show that the number of COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals is 9,546, up from 6,902 a week ago but well below the record high of more than 34,000 last January.
The government today announced 18 new deaths in a 28-day period following a positive Covid-19 test, well below the recent trend of more than 100 a day.
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