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Daily Covid cases have ALREADY breached 100,000 in Omicron wave updated stats reveal
DAILY cases of coronavirus have already hit over 100,000, new data has revealed.
The new data comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement in the next 48 hours on further restrictions.
gov.ukThe chart above shows that cases peaked over 100,000 on December 15[/caption]
gov.ukThe table above shows infection rates from December 12 to December 19, with 102,297 cases being detected[/caption]
In an update to the government dashboard, charts and graphs reveal that 102,297 cases of Covid were reported on December 15.
That’s an all-time high for the month.
Make-or-break modelling from top Government advisers is also expected as soon as today to force the PM to take action.
It takes a couple of weeks for case numbers to transpire into hospital admissions, but experts say this is already being seen in London.
Professor Rupert Pearse, an intensive care doctor in London, said vaccines will have a “very important impact” in holding back more hospitalisations, even with Omicron.
Jabs prevent severe disease and three doses are estimated to be 80 per cent effective against the Omicron strain, figures from Imperial College London show.
Getting the booster shot is the best way to protect against the strain that is spreading at lightning speed across the UK.
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The UK is today set to hit nearly 30million people boosted with a third dose – half of the population.
In England, more than two thirds of people aged 18 and over have now received their top up protection, including more than four in five of people aged 50 and over.
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However, case numbers are also at a record-high due to the fast spreading Omicron variant.