COVID-19: UK reports 35,847 new cases and 149 more deaths, according to daily figures UK News

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Government data showed that the United Kingdom recorded 35,847 new cases of coronavirus and 149 additional deaths related to the Corona virus in the last 24 hours.

The figures compare with 30,838 infections and 174 deaths recorded yesterday – the highest daily death total since March 12.

This time last week, August 18, 33,904 cases and 111 deaths were announced.

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Since the pandemic began, 132,003 people in the UK have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19, and there have been 6590,747 laboratory-confirmed cases.

According to the latest data, 859 COVID patients were hospitalized on August 21 and there were 6,172 admissions in the past seven days, an increase of 9.4% over the previous week.

On Tuesday, 55,410 people were given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total to 47,792,552 – equivalent to 87.9% of the UK adult population.

Also, 130,676 people were given their second dose, which means 42,072,712 (77.4% of adults) are now fully vaccinated.

It comes as new research finds protection from two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines begins to wear off within six months.

In a plausible “worst-case scenario,” protection could drop below 50% for seniors and health care workers by winter, according to an analysis from the Zoe COVID study.

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Prof Tim Spector, chief scientist at the app, told Sky News that protection from vaccines is down about 3% per month.

Speaking of booster campaign plans, Spector says this should be done “accurately” to avoid wasting vaccines because having COVID is like having a booster, in terms of affecting immunity.

He said booster punches must be prioritized over vaccinating children if the UK is to reduce deaths and hospitalizations.

Meanwhile, more than 1,000 people who attended the Latitude Festival last month have tested positive for the virus.

The festival, which ran from July 22-25, was part of the government’s Event Research Program and was attended by about 40,000 people.

Festival-goers were required to show evidence of a negative COVID-19 test or dual vaccination to get to the site at Henham Park in Suffolk.

However, data from Suffolk County Council indicates that 1,051 people tested positive for the virus in the days following the event.

It followed news yesterday that health officials were investigating 4,700 suspected cases of coronavirus linked to the Boardmasters music and surfing festival, which took place nearly two weeks ago in Cornwall.

September is expected to be a key month for the UK tackling COVID, with the largest number of unknown cases and hospitalizations going up once pupils return to school and people return from holidays.

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The exact size of this spike is uncertain, with one expert saying the number of people who end up in hospital is the “biggest unknown”.

Dr Mike Tyldesley, a member of the scientific group Pandemic Influenza Modeling (Spi-M) that advises the government, said: “It’s possible that what we’ll see is maybe mid-September, we might see cases spread a little bit and it could take a week or two or even longer. That turns into an increase in hospital admissions.”

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