UK reports new daily record of 1,564 COVID deaths

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UK reports new daily record of 1,564 COVID deaths

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom on Wednesday reported 1,564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test from COVID-19, a record daily toll, with the number of cases also rising slightly on the day before.

The reported number of deaths far exceeds the 1,325 recorded on Jan. 8 and comes as Britain battles a new more highly transmissible variant of the virus.

There were another 47,525 cases, up from 45,533 on Tuesday.

There have now been almost 85,000 deaths in Britain – the fifth highest figure globally – and 3.2 million have tested positive for COVID-19.

Although the...

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