UK COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 150,000

• Britain has seen a surge of cases linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant in recent weeks… 

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom’s official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic rose above 150,000 on Saturday, government figures showed, following a record wave of cases caused by the Omicron variant.

Some 313 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test were reported on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities on this measure to 150,057.

A broader but less timely measure of deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate – which includes deaths early in the pandemic when testing was limited – stood at 173,248 as of the last data on Dec. 24.

Read also: Omicron Variant As Deadly As Other COVID-19 Strains – WHO

Britain has seen a surge of cases linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant in recent weeks, though death rates have been lower than during previous infection waves.

Britain’s government has focused on rolling out booster vaccinations – which have reached more than 60% of the population – rather than requiring a return to the lockdown measures seen earlier in the pandemic.

Some 1.227 million people tested positive for COVID-19 during the past seven days, 11% more than the week before, while the weekly number of deaths was up 38% on the week before at 1,271.

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