The country still records a lot of contaminations linked to the Omicron variant.
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The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people in the United Kingdom, the government announced on Saturday (January 8). More specifically, 313 new deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday, bringing to 150,057 since the start of the pandemic the total number of people who died 28 days after a positive test.
– Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 8, 2022
With a few words on a black background, in another tweet, Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a message of condolence, stressing how much “each and everyone” who died “remain a profound loss for affected families, friends and communities.”
The country still records a lot of contaminations linked to the Omicron variant, even if after a daily record last week, the figures have stalled for several days, with 146,390 recorded on Saturday in 24 hours. Even if the number of people in the hospital is for the moment lower (18,454 people on Saturday) than in previous waves, the pressure on the health system remains very strong.
On Friday, the British government announced that several hundred soldiers would be deployed to support British hospitals and ambulance services to offset this growing absenteeism.