Britain's Covid outbreak may be speeding up once more, according to official data that suggests the worst of the third wave may not be over. Daily cases had fallen consistently towards the end of July, sparking hopes that the UK's summer resurgence was already fizzling out. It comes as a top scientist today claimed Britain needs to stop counting daily Covid infections as the country's pandemic phase slowly fizzles out. NHS England statistics show there were 747 admissions on Wednesday, August 4, the most recent day figures are available for. Two doses of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine - the jab most commonly used in the UK - slash the risk of death from the disease by 94 per cent among the over-65s, real world data shows.

Source: The Nation August 09, 2021 15:33 UTC