for now, it s a call for caution, but new year celebrations are set to look very different in different parts of the uk. simon jones, bbc news. well let s take a closer look at the latest government data now there are a lot of figures that still aren t available because of the holiday period. but what we do know today is that there were 98,515 new infections recorded in england alone in the latest 24 hour period. that s after a record number almost 111,000 were recorded in england on christmas day and more than 100,000 on boxing day. 143 deaths were recorded in england, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. in total nearly 32.5 million people have had a booster that s 56.5% of the uk population, aged over 12. 0ur political correspondent
people not, perhaps coming forward for a test because it s christmas day, as well as the actual processing of the data and producing the results. normally into the beacon we say let s wait and see what happening by wednesday or so, so those numbers, so 100,000 new cases a day on average is quite high numbers, and we have seen in countries all over the world over the weekend posting record numbers of new cases. so this is mostly because of omicron, but also last week, again, uk health security agency gave an analysis from the samples where they d actually done the details, was at omicron, with that delta? they found out that 70% of cases that we are seeing at the moment are omicron, which means there s about 30% of delta, so in
introducing new restrictions. a ruling out restrictions before new year, what they are also reeling out as a recall of parliament, but the prime minister, borisjohnson, had promised his mps was it that there were new legally enforced restrictions they would be allowed to come back and have a vote on it. if you remember, there was a record rebellion under his leadership, 100 conservative mps opposed the idea of covid passports being introduced where people would have to prove vaccination status or a negative test before getting into some venues. that was a record. i spoke to one of those rebels today who said if the prime minister brought parliament back this week, introduced some new measures without hard data that the national health service was going to be overwhelmed, he would faced an even bigger rebellion. some of borisjohnson s political opponent suggests that perhaps he s putting politics ahead of public health. at downing street would say is quite simply that he is keeping a cl
please, remain cautious. at this bar in bristol, they say many customers have decided of their own accord to stay away. we ve already lost a very, very big trading period already, a really key trading period. next month, it will have little impact because it s a quiet time of year anyway. the government will continue to look at hospital admissions, although, early findings last week suggested people with omicron were less likely to be admitted, along with staff absences and whether the nhs faces being overwhelmed. covid is having a significant impact on staffing in our emergency departments. the most common figure coming back at us is that departments are reporting 20 25% of their staff off because of covid related reasons at the moment, and that s a really, really big dealfor emergency departments. yesterday in wales, social distancing measures were reintroduced. from today in northern ireland, there are new restrictions for pubs and restaurants. it will be table service only and a ma
and a half thousand. meanhile england confirmed 98,515 cases in the past day. the health secretary said 90% of covid cases in england are now thought to be the omicron variant and he urged people to be cautious with their new year s eve celebrations, saying the government won t hesitate to act in the future if necessary. here s our correspondent simonjones. after the christmas festivities, tough decisions. the government has been poring over the latest covid data to see if it thinks new measures are needed in england. but this afternoon, this decision. there will be no further measures before the new year. we won t be taking any further measures. of course, people should remain cautious as we approach new year celebrations and, you know, take a lateralflow test, that makes sense, celebrate outside if you can. have some ventilation indoors if you can.