LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported the highest daily number of new COVID cases since Jan. 29 on Tuesday, and the greatest number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test since April 23.
Tuesday’s figures showed that there were 28,773 new cases, up from 27,334 on Monday, and 37 deaths.
As of the end of Monday, 86.2% of British adults had received one dose of a vaccination against COVID and 64.3% had received two doses.
(Reporting by David Milliken; Editing by Alistair Smout)
