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Day — 129,471. but this data does not include figures for scotland and northern ireland due to the christmas holidays. meanwhile in the us, health officials have halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic covid—19 from ten to five days amid a surge in cases. elsewhere in europe, also amid a record number of covid cases, france has announced that remote working will become compulsory for anyone who can do so and public gatherings will be limited to 2000 people for indoor events. and there have been demonstrations in eastern germany against new coronavirus restriction...

The headline figure for new confirmed infections — 129,471. that's the highest daily figure on record. the rate of infection per 100,000 people has also gone up to a new high —1145. those are the very latest figures just released by the uk government. we will keep an eye on those and there is more to unravel and give you context as well as we look at hospital admissions but those are the latest figures and other daily record high for covid—19 infections. in cricket, australia has retained the ashes, winning the third test against england in melbourne. in a dominating performance, austral...