and that means taking some tough decisions on what they can and can t do. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were just under 195,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, there were over 183,000 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 17,276 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus yesterday. 334 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, but that figure does include a backlog of hospital deaths reported overnight by nhs england covering the period from the 1st to the 11th january. on average in the past week, 171 deaths were announced every day. on vaccinations, more than 34.5 million people have had a boosterjab, which means more than 60% of people
december 31, compared with 2.3 millionjust a week december 31, compared with 2.3 million just a week before, just illustrating how fast it is spreading. and in different parts of the uk, slightly better news in london, slowing growth, of course that was the epicentre, but much faster growth in the north of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland, and just illustrating the scale of omicron and how rapidly it is getting around in different communities well beyond london. now, hospitaladmissions, london. now, hospital admissions, they london. now, hospitaladmissions, they are growing fast as well, up 60% week on week, there was still only half of where they were this time last year. i think that is why the government are putting a lot of emphasis on the boosters, vaccination is having an impact. the latest death figures, 334, that was quite a shocking figure on the face of it. it does reflect, though, the delayed reporting, certainly in england, over days previous to that. sure. ok,
the office for national statistics showing a big rise on the week before. if we look at today s daily cases, people who have come forward, over 194,000 cases, the second highest on record. yesterday, it was nearly 220,000, including several days worth of data. we really can t read anything into that. there s a very high number of deaths reported today, 334. i would caution that is related to reporting delays. we sold the number of deaths dropped fairly significantly. some of this is catching up on that. but i think we ve got to expect that the number of people dying will go up because
(Photo grabbed from DOH-13 FB Page.) BUTUAN CITY - At least 1,334,468 residents in the region are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Health in Caraga (DOH-13) reported Tuesday. "The total number of fully vaccinated individuals represents 59.39 percent of the total target population for vaccination in the region," stated the DOH-13. Data provided by DOH-13 also indicated that 2,711,558 Covid-19 vaccines were administered in the region of which 102,200 individuals were inoculated with booster shots as of February 13. The A4 category (frontline personnel in essential sectors) has the highest number of individuals vaccinated during the period with 327,395, followed by ROAP (rest of adult population) with 209,553, and A3 (persons with comorbidities) 206,698. A total of 200,371 individuals under the ROPP category (rest of pediatric population) have also received their full vaccination, 184,317 in A5 (indigenous population), and 137,8
covid you re in the uk. 179,756 new cases, compared with hundred 94,747 yesterday. the number of deaths recorded is 231. that compares with 334 on wednesday. there is a bit of fluctuation and catch up after the new year and christmas holiday. still a very high number of cases and deaths sadly linked to covid at the moment you re in the uk. that is reflected right across the world. the head of the world health organization says the huge and rapid rise of covid infections of the 0micron variant is overwhelming the health systems around the world. speaking at a news briefing in geneva, dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, warned that 0micron might be producing less severe disease than the delta variant but it should not be described as mild. dr david nabarro is special envoy for the world health organization on covid 19 and joins me now.