It is the highest increase on a Sunday since 30,004 cases were recorded on January 24, when the UK was in its second wave of the pandemic. Image: PA) PA)A further 15 deaths - up from 11 on June 27 and six on June 20 - has brought the Government's official toll to 128,222. Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have been 153,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Deaths have remained relatively flat for weeks, as older and highly vulnerable Britons were among the first to receive jabs to protect them against Covid. More than half of Britons have now received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, with 33,614,952 people being double-jabbed as of Saturday.

Source: Daily Mirror July 04, 2021 15:08 UTC