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LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in
the United Kingdom hit 95,981 on Friday after the country
recorded another 1,401 fatalities, while official data showed
medics set a new high for vaccinations carried out in the last
24 hours.
Britain has been hit hard by the latest wave of the
pandemic, with fatalities routinely above 1,000 people a day. On
Wednesday the toll climbed to a new daily high of 1,820 deaths
of people who had tested positive for the disease within 28
days.
The country recorded a further 40,261 cases on Friday, up
from 37,892 the day before.
However, the vaccine roll out has begun well: The data
showed that 5.38 million people have now been given their first
dose of the vaccine, with 409,855 receiving it in the last 24
hours, a record high so far.
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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