hello and welcome. the uk has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 120,000. it s the third day in a row that cases have topped 100,000 with 122,186 recorded today. a separate survey from the office for national statistics found that on december 19th, an estimated one in 35 people in the uk had coronavirus that s1.74 million people. in london the ratio is much higher one in 20 people were likely to have tested positive for covid. let me show you quickly the stats for the other nations. in wales it s around one in a5. scotland s rate is one in 65 and in northern ireland it s one in a0. but despite soaring cases, early findings suggest that the 0micron variant is milder than delta, and leads to less hospitalisation the head of the uk health security agency drjenny harries called it a glimmer of christmas hope . elsewhere, thailand has reported its first 0micron cluster 21 infections, an outbreak traced to a
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