direct to your inboxOne in 50 people in private households in England now have coronavirus, Boris Johnson said this evening.
The Prime Minister revealed the startling statistic during a Downing Street press conference on Tuesday, alongside England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, and Sir Patrick Vallance.The figures, from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), show an estimated 1.1 million people in private households in England had Covid-19 between December 27 and January 2 – equivalent to around 2.06% of the population.During today's briefing Mr Johnson vowed to use “every second” under stringent new lockdown restrictions to put an “invisible shield” around the elderly and vulnerable through mass vaccination.Speaking the day.
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