New Omicron cases in UK nearly double in a day

An additional 249 people have tested positive for the Omicron Covid-19 variant in the UK, which increased the total number of cases with this strain to 817, health authorities confirmed.

Thursday’s figure is nearly double of what was reported a day ago (131 cases), reports Xinhua news agency.

In the last 24 hours, the country registered 50,867 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall infection tally to 10,722,083, while 148 new fatalities raised the death toll to 146,592.

At a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Omicron variant’s doubling rate could be between two to three days, highlighting just how infectious the new strain is.

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