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UK: 0 Daily Deaths, Within 28 Days Of Poitive Covid-19 Test, Yesterday

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First time since pandemic declared

The UK announced 0 daily Covid-19 deaths yesterday - within 28 days of a positive test - for the first time since the pandemic was declared.

The news comes amid concern there has been a small increase in cases linked to the variant originally detected in India, re-named Delta variant by the World Health Organisation.

A large number of the British government's advisors have publicly called for a delay to the lifting of lockdown restrictions in England, on June 21st.

Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, bleieves the vaccine rollout changes things:

 

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