Health
UK breaks coronavirus record with over 40,000 new cases in one day – SBS News
The record daily figure was reached despite Britons spending the Christmas holiday period under heavy restrictions.
The United Kingdom reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the reporting of some new cases.
There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test, the governments coronavirus statistics portal said.
This very high level of infection is of growing concern at a time when our hospitals are at their most vulnerable, said the Medical Director at Public Health England, Yvonne…
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