competitions to focus on mental health. it feels a watershed moment and another example of sport leading the way in raising awareness on a hugely important subject. the number of daily coronavirus cases in the uk has fallen after two days of rises. the latest government figures show there were 29,622 new cases, in the latest 24 hour period, meaning an average of 28,272 new cases per day in the past seven days. 68 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. that s an average of 72 deaths a day in the past week. the number of people in hospital with covid has fallen back below 6,000. more than 88% of uk adults have now had their firstjab and nearly 72% are now fully vaccinated. pregnant women are being urged to get the covid jab as soon as possible, as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. estimates, based on public health england data, suggest that hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have not had the jab.
the time is coming up to 20 past six. our top story this evening: drug deaths in scotland reach a new record level the country has the worst drugs death rate in europe. and coming up: the proms are back and we speak to the musicians preparing to take to the stage. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we hear from the families of bethany shriever and kye whyte as they make history in tokyo, winning britain s first olympic medals in bmx racing. pregnant women are being urged to get the covid jab as soon as possible as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. estimates based on gp records and public health england data suggest that hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have not had the jab. england s chief midwife says they should do so to protect
now with millions of people being tested again in the whole of the city, is the effort in proportion to the risk is the question. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. amazon is fined almost $900 million for breaking the eu s data protection laws. the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice department. in the uk, pregnant women are being urged to get the covid jab as soon as possible as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have not had the jab. as pregnant women in the uk
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