UK seven-day COVID-19 infections down 37% on week before

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook Posted on January 19, 2022

People walk at the Waterloo train station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom reported 108,069 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, leaving the seven-day tally down by 37.2% on the previous week.

It reported 359 deaths of people who had tested positive for the disease within the previous 28 days. The seven-day total for deaths was up 8.2% on the week before, following a record spike in infections in recent weeks.

(Reporting by William Schomberg. Editing by Andrew MacAskill)