COVID-19: UK records 37,622 new infections and 147 deaths linked to coronavirus, according to latest daily figures UK News

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The United Kingdom recorded 147 more deaths related to the Corona virus and 37,622 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

The government figures compare with 167 deaths during the 28 days of positive testing, 38,013 infections reported yesterday, and 121 deaths and 42,076 cases announced this time last week.

Since the pandemic began early last year, 133,988 people have died in the UK within 28 days of testing for the novel coronavirus, and there have been 7,168,806 laboratory-confirmed infections.

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Also, 25,774 people received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine yesterday, bringing the total to 48,370,340 (89% of people aged 16 and over in the UK).

And 96,702 had a second injection on Wednesday, which means 4380,5608 have now been fully vaccinated (80.6%).

It comes as booster vaccines are likely to be approved in the next few days – despite Professor Ms Sarah Gilbert, who helped design the AstraZeneca hit, saying not everyone will need them.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), released today, showed that COVID rates in England were rising in children aged two to 11, and for those aged 35 to 49 in the week until September 3 .

Those aged 25 to 46 and 50 to 69 saw decreasing rates, while the rest of the age groups are uncertain.

The Office for National Statistics has found that the percentage of people who have tested positive for COVID has risen in the north-east of England, down in the south-east and north-west, and has remained in London.

The direction for the rest of England is uncertain.

In the North East, one in 45 people is believed to have contracted coronavirus in the week to 3 September – compared to one in every 90 people in eastern England.

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It is estimated that 1 in 45 people in Scotland contracted the COVID virus, in Wales it was 1 in 65 people, and in Northern Ireland the figure was 1 in 60 – an increase in the three countries.

Earlier today, the UK Health Security Agency’s estimate of England’s R rate remained unchanged, at between 0.9 and 1.1, which means that for every 10 people infected with COVID, another 9 to 11 will fall ill.

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