(ANSA) - LONDON, OCTOBER 18 - New record from mid-July of Covid infections in the United Kingdom, which in the last 24 hours reached a peak of 49,156 on about one million tests.
On the other hand, the total number of hospitalizations in hospitals is substantially stable for now and below the level of guardianship, at around 7,000 thanks to vaccines, while the deaths drop to 45 against 57 yesterday, albeit lightened on Monday by the usual delayed statistics collection of part of the data of the weekend.
The government of Boris Johnson recognized today, however, through the mouth of a spokesman for Downing Street, that the Kingdom risks having a "challenging" winter ahead of it.
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