UK reports highest daily COVID cases, ‘staggering’ rise feared
2021-12-16 10:14:34 source：The Aljazeera
December 15, 2021
The United Kingdom has recorded its highest daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic as a further 78,610 COVID-19 infections were reported, about 10,000 more than the previous high reported in January.
More than 11 million people have now tested positive for the disease in the UK, which has a total population of around 67 million.
With a new highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus surging across the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a “tidal wave” of infections.
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