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