The UK has recorded 78,610 daily COVID19 cases, its highest since the start of the pandemic. 9News
The former record was 68,053 on January 8 - when the country was in lockdown, the BBC reports .
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the doubling rate of the virus was now under two days as hospitalisations of patients increase.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said hospitalisations were rising as the country recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
"I'm afraid we're also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalisations up by 10 per cent nationally, week on week, and up by almost a third in London," Mr Johnson said. England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said cases of the Omicron Covid variant were growing."I'm afraid we have to be realistic that records will be broken a lot over the next few weeks as the rates continue to go up."
Mr Johnson said the UK government was not cancelling Christmas events by restricting gatherings or closing pubs and restaurants.The UK government insists it will not close pubs and restaurants over the coming Christmas period despite surging virus cases.Earlier this week, British politicians have voted to approve new restrictions to curb the spread of the Omicron Covid variant.
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