health officials say on average, one person with covid is now spreading it to between three and five other people. the uk s latest covid figures show there were 88,376 new cases in the latest 24 hour period. the average over the past week is now more than 63 thousand new cases every day. the number of people in hospital with covid is 7,579. 146 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. 115 covid related deaths were recorded on average every day in the past week. 0n vaccinations just over 537 thousand people a day had boosters on average in the past 7 days. bringing the total to more than 25 point 4 million people. london is currently being hit hardest by the wave of new infections.