wave without the need for further restrictions and without the need, certainly, for a lockdown. back at university college hospital, there are signs that numbers have stabilised, but no certainty what ll happen next. we were increasingly worried before the new year, and now, at the beginning ofjanuary, we re seeing some very, very early signs that perhaps some of that demand is listening. but i would caution against thinking we are through the worst of this pandemic. we have a long way to go injanuary, so we re really planning very much for the worst and hoping for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units haven t been vaccinated, and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news.
intensive care units hadn t been vaccinated and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news. the government s latest coronavirus figures, cover differing time periods, for each of the home nations. there were 218,724 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, which is another record for the uk. on average, there were nearly 181,411 new cases reported per day in the last week. 48 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, which means that on average in the last week, 130 deaths were announced every day. the latest figures show there are 14,126 people in hospital with covid. on vaccinations, over 34.3 million people have had a boosterjab, which means 59.8% of those aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. hugh pym is here with me.