The UK has reported more than 100,000 Covid cases in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began.
Today’s figure of 106,122 infections is the highest ever, although there was no mass testing at the start of the outbreak in 2020.The UK’s caseload is soaring due to the spread of the hyper transmissible Omicron variant.In contrast, the highest number of daily infections seen during last winter’s Alpha wave was 68,053 on January 8.
Today’s update recorded another 140 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the seven day total to 783, a slight decrease on the previous seven days of 2.7%. Since last summer, the UK has been reporting on new daily Covid figures using its online coronavirus dashboard.
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