UK reports new record number of COVID-19 cases

LONDON: The United Kingdom reported 183,037 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Dec 29), a new report and above 53,000 extra than the previous highest figure registered just a working day previously, govt stats showed.

The rise, sparked by the extremely transmissible Omicron variant of the virus, also coincides with an raise in the quantity of individuals in clinic who have examined positive for coronavirus.

In spite of the escalating selection of cases, Key Minister Boris Johnson has reported he will not carry in new limits this yr in England to limit the unfold of Omicron, which now accounts for 90 for every cent of all neighborhood infections, in accordance to health and fitness officials.

Johnson reported the high selection of men and women who experienced been given COVID-19 booster photographs, which now stands at far more than 33 million or about 58 for every cent of the populace aged in excess of 12, meant there was no will need for new procedures in advance of New 12 months celebrations.

“Take pleasure in New Year sensibly and cautiously,” he mentioned. “We’ve obtained circumstances certainly likely up, we have acquired a good deal of scenarios of Omicron, but on the other hand we can see the facts about the relative mildness of Omicron.”