(ANSA) - LONDON, MARCH 04 - The decline in Covid infections in the United Kingdom is accentuated, in trio national lockdown for over two months after the surge fueled by the aggressive 'English variant' of the virus: and destined to remain so essentially until adaprile beyond the reopening of schools scheduled for Monday 8 March despite the increasingly positive and accelerated impact of the vaccination campaign.
This is certified by today's updated data from the government of Boris Johnson, which indicate at least 6500 new cases out of an absolute record of 863,000 swabs per day;
while the deaths in the 24 hours drop to 242, one of the lowest numbers in recent months, with a daily toll lower than Italy (a hundred or so deaths) as has not been seen for some time.
However, the heavy official sum of the victims from the beginning of the pandemic remains, which has risen to about 124,000, the European peak in absolute numbers;
while total hospital admissions decrease to 12,000 and the doses of vaccine administered are now close to 22 million, with recalls reaching around one million.
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