the uk government has released the latest coronavirus figures. let s take a look. the figures are that in terms of cases in the uk, 157,758 new cases of covid 19 and the latest 2a hour period. by way of comparing, but it s hard to compare because over the festive period the figures were quite limited. 0n the festive period the figures were quite limited. on sunday for example it was only for england and at 137,583 on sunday. that was just england and in this is the uk and it s england and in this is the uk and it 5157,758 england and in this is the uk and it s157,758 new cases. death of 42 recorded in 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. that compares if you can compare it to sunday s figure of 73 deaths but that was just for