The United Kingdom registered 563 more deaths by covid-19 and 54,940 infected, according to the daily balance released by the British Government.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the country has totaled 81 431 deaths and 3 072 349 cases of infection.
Britain reported 54 940 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, a slight drop from the number on Saturday, and 563 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government data showed. Deaths had been above 1,000 for four consecutive days before Sunday, although the numbers at the weekend are often lower due to delays in collecting the data.
Meanwhile, the number of those infected by the UK Covid-19 strain in India has reached 90, the health ministry said. The global tally of cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker, is at more than 89.5 million with a death toll exceeding 1.9 million. The United States is the world's worst-hit country and has crossed 22 million Covid-19 cases, followed by India and Brazil, which has crossed the 8 million mark. https://www.trtworld.com/