Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA further 97 people have died of the coronavirus in UK hospitals in a fall of 60% in two weeks. A week ago the figure was 179, while a fortnight ago it was 255, 364 three weeks ago and 622 a month ago. In all settings, 125,690 people have lost their lives within 28 days of catching the coronavirus in the UK. In more positive news, almost 25 million people have now had a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. (Image: Adam Gerrard / Sunday Mirror)Now all over-50s can now book their coronavirus jab via the NHS website as the rollout begins moving on to to younger age groups.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 14:31 UTC