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UK reports another 6-month high in daily COVID cases

Published 17/07/2021, 16:16
Updated 17/07/2021, 16:20
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk along a platform at King's Cross Station, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Saturday reported 54,674 new COVID-19 cases, a rise on the 51,870 new cases reported on the previous day to post a fresh highest daily total in six months.

The daily totals for each of the last four days have been the highest since Jan. 15 when 55,761 cases were recorded.

Britain reported 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, down from the 49 recorded on Friday.

Latest comments

how come one of the highest vaccinated countries in the world sees such an explosion in cases and countries that have very low vaccination rates see almost no more cases?
you can still be infected but symptoms have become very very mild. hospitalisations per case are 7x lower than before
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