The UK has recorded a further 1,052 Covid deaths but cases are at their lowest level for nine weeks.
The number of deaths are up on the past days but lower than a week ago when 1,449 were recorded and 25 per cent down on the previous week’s figure.
Cases are at their lowest level since the 9th December.Meanwhile 352,480 people in the UK received their first dose of a vaccine yesterday.
A total of 13,162,878 jabs given in the UK so far, with around 516,392 of those being second doses.
The latest hospital data show that 1,987 patients have been admitted, among 16,356 in the last seven days.
Deaths of people with Covid-19 made up nearly half of all fatalities in the week up to January 29th.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that there were 8,433 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending January 29 with Covid-19 on the death certificate, the second highest weekly number since the pandemic began.
