Britain, on Wednesday, 22 December, reported 1,06,122 new COVID-19 cases, crossing the one lakh mark for the first time since widespread testing was introduced in the United Kingdom.
The number of COVID-19 cases has shot up by 58.9 per cent in the past seven days while the number of daily deaths reported has decreased by 2.7 per cent over the same period.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals has increased by 4 per cent in one week, with a total of 8,008 people reported to be hospitalised as of Tuesday, 21 December.
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