Covid: UK reports 98,515 new cases and 143 deaths in latest figures

It is lower than last Friday's total but does not include figures from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

And a further 103,558 infections were recorded on December 26 in England. It brings the total number of infections to 12,209,991.The number of fatalities on December 25 and 26 is not shown in the latest data, with the total in the UK currently standing at 148,003.

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