COVID-19: UK records 1,200 more coronavirus deaths and 23,275 cases
Written by News on 30/01/2021
Another 1,200 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, according to government figures.
It compares to 1,245 fatalities announced on Friday and 1,348 last Saturday, and brings the total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test to 105,571.
Britain has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other country in Europe and has one of the highest COVID death rates in the world.
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Meanwhile, a further 23,275 people have tested positive for the virus in the UK. That compares to 29,079 on Friday, and 33,552 last Saturday.
It brings the total number of cases to 3,796,088.
And 8,378,940 first vaccine doses have now been administered, with 480,432 second doses.
That’s after another 487,756 first jabs – an increase of 2,178 on the previous day – and 2,178 second jabs.
The seven-day rolling average of first doses given in the UK is now 359,656.
Based on the latest figures, an average of 413,816 first doses would be needed each day in order to meet the government’s target of offering 15 million first doses by 15 February.
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The government has said it is confident its vaccination programme remains on track after the EU backed down from imposing a Brexit deal clause that may have prevented supplies being exported.
Following a conversation with the European Commission’s executive vice-president and member of the trade commission Valdis Dombrovskis, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted he was “reassured” that the bloc had no desire to block the fulfilment of contracts for the deployment of vaccines in the UK.
Over three nights, Sky News will host a series of special programmes examining the UK’s response to the pandemic.
Watch COVID Crisis: Learning the Lessons at 8pm on 9, 10 and 11 February.
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