LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has reported 33,869 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Tuesday, meaning cases reported between Sept. 29 and Oct. 5 were down 2.3% compared with the previous seven days.
A further 166 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day total down by nearly 16% from the previous week.
A total of 48.99 million people had received a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus by the end of Oct. 4 and 45.02 million people had received a second dose.
(Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Alistair Smout)
