LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has reported 39,851 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Wednesday, meaning cases reported between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6 were down by 2.0% compared with the previous seven days.
A further 143 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day total down by nearly 15% from the previous week.
A total of 49.04 million people had received a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus by the end of Oct. 5 and 45.05 million people had received a second dose.
(Writing by William Schomberg; editing by Estelle Shirbon)
