The UK has reported a further 178,250 daily COVID cases and 229 deaths according to the latest figures.
It compares with 179,756 infections and 231 killed yesterday, and 189,846 and 203 this time last week.
There are 18,454 people in the hospital with coronavirus at the last count, of which 868 are in ventilation beds.
Just over 35 million people have now received a third vaccine, meaning 61% of people aged 12 and over have been boosted.
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‘We must be careful’
R, or the reproduction rate in England has increased and is now estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.5, according to the latest figures from the UK Health Safety Agency.
This means that every 10 people with coronavirus on average will infect between 12 and 15 others.
The health secretary has said the NHS is facing one “stony couple of weeks ahead” as it struggles with a wave of Omicron cases.
Speaking during a visit to King’s College Hospital in south London, Sajid Javid warned of “challenging times” for healthcare.
The “best” people can do is get theirs COVID-19 booster jab, he added.
“We now know that Omicron is less serious … and we certainly know that once you are boosted, your chances of hospitalization are, our latest analysis shows, almost 90% less than it was with Delta,” he said. .
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