The lowest number of daily Covid infections have been reported in almost five months has been reported in the UK.
There has been a further 7.434 new lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus as of 9am on Saturday, according to the Government.
The number of cases is the lowest reported since October 2 when there were 6,968 new infections.
A further 290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK total to 122,705.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 143,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
Government data up to February 26 shows that of the 20,450,858 jabs given in the UK so far, 19,682,048 were first doses – a rise of 504,493 on the previous day.
Some 768,810 were second doses, an increase of 32,773 on figures released the previous day.
