UK records 181 coronavirus deaths and 6,753 cases in last 24 hours

Tammy Hughes11 March 2021

A further 181 people have died from coronavirus in the UK, the Government said on Thursday.

Official figures show that as of 9am on Thursday, there had been a further 6,753 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

It brings the total to 4,241,677.

It comes as four new cases of the Manaus variant of coronavirus were identified in England.

Public Health England said three of the new cases have been found in South Gloucestershire and are said to be close or household contacts with the two cases previously discovered in the area.

The other case was found in Bradford, West Yorkshire, after the person tested positive late last month having travelled back from Brazil via Paris on February 14.

A PHE statement said: “Contact tracing teams have followed up close contacts of the individual and advised them to isolate and get a test.”

The new cases bring the number of cases of the variant, named P1, detected in the UK to ten – seven in England and three in Scotland.

Around 93.7 per cent of residents of older adult care homes in England have received first jab
PA Wire

Meanwhile, some 93.7 per cent of residents of older adult care homes in England eligible to have their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine had received the jab by March 7, NHS England said.

Residents are classed as eligible for the vaccine if they have not had Covid-19 in the previous 28 days.

The equivalent figure for staff of older care homes is 74.3 per cent.

Just 59.9% of eligible staff of older care homes in London are estimated to have received their first jab.

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