Covid: deaths rebound to 170 in GB, peak since March

(ANSA) - LONDON, AUGUST 17 - Rebound of victims from Covid in the United Kingdom with 170 deaths recorded today, a daily peak from the 175 of March 12 when the country was still struggling with the queue of the Alpha (former English) variant of the virus. On this number of deaths (over 131,000 since the beginning of the pandemic), the late statistical recovery of part of the data referred to the weekend weighs; while the trend of infections fed by the new Delta variant remains slow (26,852 out of 700,000 tampons) and the total hospital admissions does not exceed 6303. Meanwhile, vaccines reach full coverage of 77.2% of the population and 89.6% with the first dose. (HANDLE).