Another 88,447 Covid cases recorded as infections drop 23% in a week

A total of 76,286 cases have been recorded in London over the past week
Sami Quadri24 January 2022

A further 88,447 Covid cases have been recorded across the UK in the latest Government figures released on Monday.

The data also reveals a further 56 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the total over the last seven days to 1,843.

The number of cases represents a 23 per cent drop from the 114,456 infections recorded last Monday.

Five people died in London with Covid-19 over the most recent 24 hour period as 18,271 cases were recorded in the capital.

A total of 76,286 cases have been recorded in London over the past week, which amounts to 847.4 infections per 100,000 people.

As of January 24, 36,941,059 booster and third vaccine doses have been given in the UK.

So far, 90.8 per cent of people in the UK have had a first dose, 83.8 per cent have been given a second and 64.2 per cent have had a booster or third dose.

The rules will be eased before the February half-term break in a boost for holidaying families.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation have urged countries not to treat Covid-19 like the flu.

Boris Johnson signalled his intention last week to start treating the illness like the flu “as Covid becomes endemic”.

He told MPs: “There will soon come a time when we can remove the legal requirement to self-isolate altogether, just as we don’t place legal obligations on people to isolate if they have flu.

“As Covid becomes endemic, we will need to replace legal requirements with advice and guidance, urging people with the virus to be careful and considerate of others.”

However, the WHO pushed back against the suggestion.

Dr David Nabarro, the WHO’s special envoy for Covid-19, said that the “end was in sight” but said that Europe was only “passing the halfway mark in a marathon”.

Asked about remarks that Covid-19 should be treated like the flu, Dr Nabarro told Sky News: “I keep wondering what the people who make these amazing predictions know that I and my colleagues in the World Health Organisation don’t know.

“You see, what people are seeing from around the world and reporting to the WHO is this is still a very, very dangerous virus, especially for people who have not been vaccinated and who’ve not been exposed to it before.

“It can also mutate and form variants and we’ve seen several but we know there are more not far away.

“So quite honestly, we are not saying that this should be considered to be like flu or indeed like anything else.

“It’s a new virus, and we must go on treating it as though it is full of surprises, very nasty and rather cunning.”

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