UK RECORDS 26,068 NEW CASES, HIGHEST SINCE JAN 29

Wed 30 June 2021:

The United Kingdom has recorded a further 26,068 cases of Covid-19, the highest daily figure since January 29 and sending the seven day-tally up 70 percent on the week before, official data showed.

Despite the surge in new infections, Britain’s daily fatality figures have remained in low double digits. Fourteen deaths were reported on Wednesday, down from 23 the day before.

That compares with the more than 1,000 fatalities that were repeatedly reported per day at the height of Britain’s worst wave in the pandemic, in January this year.

Scientists have said the trend suggests the rapid vaccine rollout has weakened the link between infections and deaths. The seven-day tally for people being admitted to hospital was up 6 percent, to a daily figure of 263.

The data showed that 84.9 percent of adults have had a first vaccine while 62.4 percent have had both.

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