The UK has recorded 122,186 new cases of coronavirus and a further 137 deaths, the latest daily figures show
A further 605,561 booster vaccinations were administered on Thursday, taking the total to 32,290,487, or 56.1% of the population aged 12 and over.
Head of the UKHSA, Dr Jenny Harries, said coronavirus data needs to be treated with caution over the festive period because it"might not give a particularly true picture".The scientific advisory group SAGE said there is an"apparent slowing of growth rates" in its latest set of minutes.'We haven't seen COVID rates like this'It may also be because of a"reduction in the remaining number of susceptible people in some sub-groups".
But it cautioned:"Changes in testing behaviours in the lead up to the Christmas weekend are also a possible factor, in which case it may not be a genuine slowing."Its data covers people who tested positive for
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