levels after the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland all implemented measures to stem the spread of the omicron variant. scotland has seen its highest ever number of cases this christmas period 11,030 were recorded on boxing day, and today, there were just over 10,500. meanwhile, england confirmed 98,515 cases in the past day. the health secretary said 90% of covid cases in england are now thought to be the 0micron variant and he urged people to remain cautious when celebrating new year s eve, saying the government won t hesitate to act in the future if necessary. here s our correspondent simonjones. after the christmas festivities, tough decisions. the government has been poring over the latest covid data to see if it thinks new measures are needed in england. but this afternoon, this decision. there will be no further measures
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
and a half thousand. meanhile england confirmed 98,515 cases in the past day. the health secretary said 90% of covid cases in england are now thought to be the omicron variant and he urged people to be cautious with their new year s eve celebrations, saying the government won t hesitate to act in the future if necessary. here s our correspondent simonjones. after the christmas festivities, tough decisions. the government has been poring over the latest covid data to see if it thinks new measures are needed in england. but this afternoon, this decision. there will be no further measures before the new year. we won t be taking any further measures. of course, people should remain cautious as we approach new year celebrations and, you know, take a lateralflow test, that makes sense, celebrate outside if you can. have some ventilation indoors if you can.
this christmas period, 11,030 were recorded on boxing day, and today, just over 10,500. meanhile england confirmed 98,515 cases in the past day. the health secretary said 90% of covid cases in england are now thought to be the omicron variant and he urged people to be cautious with their new year s eve celebrations, saying the government won t hesitate to act in the future if necessary. here s our correspondent simonjones. after the christmas festivities, tough decisions. the government has been poring over the latest covid data to see if it thinks new measures are needed in england. but this afternoon, this decision. there will be no further measures before the new year. we won t be taking any further measures. of course, people should remain cautious as we approach new year celebrations and, you know, take a lateralflow test, that makes sense, celebrate outside if you can. have some ventilation
the latest covid figures for england have been released with 98,515 cases recorded today. meanwhile scotland has seen its highest ever number of covid cases: 11,030 on boxing day. and today, just over 10,500. mrjavid also stressed the importance of getting a booster jab let s here some of what he s been saying. well, yes, since we learned about omicron, our strategy has been to buy time, time to assess it and time to build our defences, and whilst there is still a lot of uncertainty around this new variant, we do know that our very best form of defence as vaccination. sadly, when we look at the latest hospital admissions, a disproportionate number of those people are unvaccinated. and when you look at those requiring the most intensive care, even more unvaccinated. we know that two vaccines aren t quite enough,