Britain records its deadliest day since Covid pandemic began with 1,610 new victims – but second wave of infections shrinks significantly with cases dropping 27% to 33,355
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Britain today announced a record 1,610 new coronavirus deaths in the country’s deadliest day of the pandemic — but infections are down by a quarter as the third lockdown starts to drive down the infection rate.
Today’s grisly death toll marks a sharp 30 per cent rise on the 1,243 announced last Tuesday and nearly the double the number of victims a fortnight ago, when there were 860.
The darkest day in the pandemic prior to today was January 13, when the virus killed 1,564 people in a single 24-hour period.