BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten January 12, 2022 22:28:00
24—hour period. so “18,357 new cases on average per day in the last week. 19,735 people are in hospital with covid — a slight fall since yesterday. and the number on ventilators has also fallen to its lowest since the middle of october — just under 800. but deaths have risen again — another 398 were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive test — the highest for almost a year. on average in the past week, there were 246 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, almost 36 million people have had a boosterjab, that's more than 62.5% of those aged 12 and over. in london, the hi...