There has been another worrying rise in the number of cases and deaths from Covid in the UK.
The latest 24-hour government figures show there have been another 43,738 new cases in the UK. Another 223 people are reported to have died with Covid – the highest daily number since March. The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test is now 138,852 since the start of the pandemic.
After a bumpy September, confirmed cases have risen steadily in October, with Covid rates soaring among largely unvaccinated secondary school children and infections spilling over into older, more vulnerable age groups.
The spread of infections beyond younger people has driven up cases in those aged 50 and over, a trend that has started to push up hospitalisations and death rates, The Guardian reported.
