More than 100,000 lab-confirmed daily cases of Covid-19 have been recorded for the first time ever in the UK.
According to the latest government figures - released on Wednesday afternoon - a total of 106,122 new cases were confirmed.
The government said a further 140 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.
Meanwhile, a total of 52,5777,782 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, according to government figures.
Furthermore, a combined total of 30,844,888 booster and third doses have also been given after a day-on-day rise of 968,665 doses.
Among those infected, figures from NHS England show that 2,036 people were in hospital in London with Covid-19 as of December 22 - the highest number since
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