UK reports new daily record of Covid-19 cases

Authorities reported 88,376 new confirmed cases on Thursday, almost 10,000 more than the previous record set a day earlier.

The emergence of the new Omicron variant means new restrictions are being put in place as a precaution across the UK.

“As of 5 December 2021, a total of 118,256,323 vaccine doses have been administered in UK.”

So far, 89% of people aged 12 and over in the UK have had their first vaccine dose, 82% have had their second and 44% have had a booster.

Status: Corona Virus in the UK

In UK, from 3 January 2020 to 5:51pm CET, 16 December 2021, there have been 11,010,290 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 146,791 deaths, reported to WHO.

There have been more than 11 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and nearly 147,000 people have died, government figures show.

However, the figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19.