The service said the UK recorded 1,610 more deaths from the novel coronavirus within 28 days of testing positive on Tuesday, a record since the start of the epidemic that killed more than 91,000 people in the country. public health.
The number of cases identified in 24 hours was 33,355, Public Health England said on Twitter, Bringing in more than 3.4 million people who tested positive in the country.
Pollution outbreak
Reconstructed since the beginning of January for the third time, with a healthcare under very strong pressure, the United Kingdom is facing an outbreak of contaminants responsible for a type of new coronavirus considered too contagious by British health authorities is.
The British government has launched an ambitious mass vaccination program in the hope that the restrictions can be reduced very slowly. With the goal of vaccinating 15 million people by mid-February, including caregivers and more than 70 people.
According to the Department of Health, more than 4.26 million people had already received the first dose of the Pfizer / BioNotech or AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine on Monday since the campaign began on 8 December. The number of people immunized by the two doses exceeds 456,000.
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