UK records another 40,941 new coronavirus cases

On Thursday, the UK Health Security Agency released data showing a spike in COVID cases among school children in England, likely to reflect pupils returning to school after half-term.

More than 88 percent of people aged 12 and over in Britain have had their first dose of vaccine and more than 80 percent have received both doses, the latest figures indicate. More than 25 percent have received booster jabs, or the third dose of a coronavirus vaccine.