he number of new Covid cases in the UK surged today with 48,374 new infections and 171 deaths recorded in the latest daily figures.
The number of cases recorded on Wednesday is a 21 per cent rise on the 39,716 cases recorded yesterday and a 10 per cent rise on the 43,676 cases reported on Wednesday last week.
The number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test is also a rise on the 159 recorded on Tuesday and the 149 deaths recorded this time last week.
The latest daily figures also show a total of 50,994,257 first doses of Covid-19 vaccine had been delivered in the UK by November 30, This is a rise of 30,539 on the previous day.
Some 46,399,306 second doses have also been delivered, an increase of 32,157.
A combined total of 18,608,124 booster and third doses have also been given, a day-on-day rise of 392,589.
The Omicron variant has now been reported in 23 countries.
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said it is still “very early days” in terms of understanding the new variant, but said information is coming in…
