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UK has reported another 24,885 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,879,616, according to official figures released Saturday. The country also recorded another 18 coronavirus-related death. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 128,207. These figures only include the deaths of people who died ...

The UK has recorded 27,125 more Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the fifth day in a row the country has seen more than 20,000 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases. It brings the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 4,855,169, as of 9am on Friday. The latest data from the government added that a further 27 ...

UK has reported another 27,989 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since the end of January, according to official figures released Thursday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 4,828,463. The country also recorded another 22 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 128,162. These figures only ...

The UK has reported 26,068 new Covid-19 cases, the third day in a row it has seen more than 20,000 lab-confirmed positive tests. The figures, as of 9am on Wednesday, are the highest number of cases reported since the start of the year – on January 29, when 29,079 people contracted the virus. However, the number of deaths is far ...

The UK has reported more than 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 for the second day in a row. On Tuesday, the government revealed 20,479 new cases of Covid-19 had been recorded in the 24 hours to 9am, on Monday the number was 22,868. Public Health England said the latest figure for new cases included some which had not been included ...

UK  has reported another 22,868 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since Jan. 30 this year, according to official figures released Monday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 4,755,078, according to the latest official figures. The country also recorded another three coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in ...

The easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions will not be brought forward but the government “sees no reason to go beyond” July 19, new Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said in his first appearance in front of MPs in the role. Mr Javid, who returned to the Cabinet on Saturday, told MPs on Monday “no date we choose comes with ...

A further 11 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases has risen by 14,876. These increases bring the UK’s total death toll to 128,100 and the number of positive tests since the start of the outbreak to 4,732,434. Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics ...

Two-thirds of countries classified as ‘not free’ because of their dire record on human rights and civil liberties have received weapons licensed by the UK government over the past decade, new analysis reveals. Between 2011-2020, the UK licensed £16.8bn of arms to countries criticised by Freedom House, a US government-funded human rights group. Of the 53 countries castigated for a ...

Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through central London on Saturday, with the prime minister’s Downing Street residence and parliament both pelted with tennis balls. England was meant to have lifted all restrictions on June 21, but a rise in cases due to the emergence of the Delta variant, first identified in India, has pushed those plans back by at least ...