there were 39,567 new infections recorded, in the latest 24 hour period. on average, there were nearly 114,000 new cases reported per day in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid i9 test, which means on average in the past week, 123 covid related deaths, were recorded every day. on vaccinations, more than 17 million people have now had, a boosterjab. and the health secretary, sajid javid, will be one of the guests on the andrew marr show, that s tomorrow morning, at 9 o clock, here on bbc one. a powerful storm that s hit britain is now known to have killed at least three people. gale force winds of up to 160 kilometres an hour brought down trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. here s andy gill.
your results back. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were 39,567 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. that s mostly the delta variant. there were nearly 44,000 new cases reported per day, in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. on average in the past week, 123 covid related deaths were recorded every day. 0n vaccinations, more than 17 million people have now had, a booster. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcasterjo phillips and nigel nelson political editor of the sunday mirror and the people.
last month because these tests were considered to be too expensive and there was no variant of concern at that point, now that there is, this is being reintroduced. the other thing to bear in mind is if you do travel, you take one of these pcr tests, you have to self isolate until you get a negative result. you cannot ticket and go about your business. we have to wait until you get results back. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were 39,567 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. that s mostly the delta variant. on average, there were nearly 44 thousand new cases reported per day in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid i9 test. on average in the past week, 123 covid related deaths were recorded every day. on vaccinations, more than 17 million people have now had a boosterjab.
the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were 39,567 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, there were nearly 44,000 new cases reported per day in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test, which means on average in the past week, 123 covid related deaths were recorded every day. 0n vaccinations, more than 17 million people have now had a boosterjab. and the health secretary, sajid javid, will be one of the guests on the the andrew marr show, that s tomorrow morning, at 9am, here on bbc one. three people have died as storm arwen hit parts of the uk, bringing high winds, rain and snow. there s been damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales, leading to road closures and severe train delays. at one point, more than 100,000 homes were without power. here s andy gill. storm arwen has left much of the country facing
been imposed even if you have two jabs if you come into contact with someone suspected of having the omicron variant and labour are saying to the prime minister there are concerns about whether people will self isolate unless is increased, so some big concerns for the government but this is a significant moment because we are starting to see a slight slide back at this stage, the government targeted restrictions better slight slide back to restrictions we were all hoping to see the beginning of the end of the pandemic.- all hoping to see the beginning of the end of the pandemic. thank you, iain, in the end of the pandemic. thank you, lain. in downing the end of the pandemic. thank you, iain, in downing street. the latest government coronavirus figures show there were 39,567 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. that is mostly the delta variant. on average, there were nearly a4,000 new cases reported per day in the last week. 131 deaths were recorded, that s of peopl