now the latest coronavirus figures, and there were 29,612 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. that means in the last week an average of 29,624 new cases per day. hospital figures from last thursday showed just over 8,000 people with covid being treated in the uk. another 56 deaths have been recorded of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. the average number of deaths per day in the last week is now 143. on vaccinations, 89.4% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while 81.7% are now double vaccinated. the taliban mayor of kabul has told female employees of the city authorities to stay at home. hamdullah nomani said it was necessary to stop women from working for a while. the only exception is if they are in jobs where they cannot
firms with less than 20 workers made up 89.4% of businesses. that s from sba statistics. that s an amazing number if you think about our country and how big an engine that is. it is, and 2 out of every three net jobs are created by small businesses. half of those employed in the country either work for small business or own a small busines business. so it s not an understatement at all to say that small businesses are the backbone and engine of our economy. president trump has certainly been a supporter of small businesses when he campaigned. he showed how much she is continuing to be a supporter through his regulatory reform and now pushing through tax reform. but i think he is showing how this administration responds very quickly to disaster and gets its people on the ground very quickly to help start putting things back together. florida, texas, the virgin islands.
we re following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. here s the news conference that s happening right now. and rapidly. yesterday s event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law enforcement was quickly placed inside the school upon arrival. and we believe that that helped to lessen the tragedy that occurred. unfortunately, much had occurred prior to law enforcement s arrival. i d like to bring joe bernance, chardon s school superintendent to speak. first of all, i d like to thank our law enforcement for working with us so diligently over the last couple of hours. noejs, our sympathy goes out to the five victims in the case, there s not a lot you can say when you are responsible for the safety of 3100 kids, other than the fact that we re going to do the best we can to make sure our schools continue to be safe and continue to work with law enforceme enforcement. we have grief counselors available