UK daily Covid cases top 200,000 for the first time since pandemic
06 January 2022 |
11:30 am
The UK government on Tuesday reported a record of more than 200,000 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the highly transmissible Omicron strain surges through the country. It said it had logged 218,724 infections — the highest daily total since the pandemic began.
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