over the holiday period, and some data has not yet been published. it also includes five days worth of data from northern ireland. there were a record 183,037 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. 57 deaths were recorded that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. 0n vaccinations, more than 325,000 people had boosters, bringing the total to more than 33 million. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explained why it is tricky to interpret the current data about hospitalisations with coronavirus. we re almost at a point now where we were at ten months ago. it s that long since the numbers were that high. so if we break the numbers down, 10,500 covid patients in hospital in england, and that s up 2,000 in just two days. but there are some factors that could have boosted this, reeta, because once someone s in hospital and they have recovered, it can be a lot harder to get them
there are restrictions on socialising in the other nations that form the uk wales, scotland and northern ireland. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. a vaccination centre in lambeth in london, among the boroughs worst affected by omicron in the uk. staff here say there is no shortage of demand forjabs. i m a schoolteacher, i ve got to go back. there are zero mitigations in class. and i don t want to get sick. i m 57 years old so i m quite frightened of that and i don t want to pass it on to my loved ones. it s really important because i m a recently retired senior head of education at university college, so i preach it to my staff so i have to jolly well do it as well! unlike the rest of the uk which has increased restrictions, the government in england is relying on vaccinations to get the country through the latest wave of covid. we do watch very carefully all of the data and we have had some good news that it does seem to be a bit milder in terms of severity, but w
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then game that s about to kick off, then brentford versus manchester city, via the bbc website. there is also updates on bbc radio 5 live. i will be back later on. this is bbc news, the headlines. the uk announces a record 183,000 new daily coronavirus cases although figures have been affected by testing delays. and doctors and pharmacists are warning of patchy supplies of tests. as europe and the us also report record covid infection rates, the head of the world health organisation says the virus is straining health care systems and staff around the world. the european court of human rights, has urged russia to suspend the shutdown of the country s oldest human rights group memorial international. and, the life of archbishop desmond tutu has been celebrated at memorial services outside his home injohannesburg, and at an interfaith
in a fitting room of a clothes shop when the officer opened fire on a suspect who was attacking a woman. indonesia has lifted its ban on the boeing 737 max aircraft three years after a domestic flight involving the plane crashed, killing all on board. the incident involving the lion airflight, along with a later crash in ethiopia, led to the plane being grounded globally. the indonesian transport ministry said it had evaluated now, as the old song goes, the neon lights are bright on broadway, but theatres are staying dark this festive season as a new surge of covid 19 hits the great white way. the 0micron variant has forced a number of shows to close as productions suffer outbreaks of covid 19. just today, star hugh jackman announced he d tested positive, and as a result, performances of the music man will be cancelled tilljanuary.