UK Corona Deaths Soar to Over 80,000 With 1035 Fatalities in a Single Day

Published January 10th, 2021 - 07:29 GMT

A Brisbane City Council worker wears a mask along the Queen Street Mall in Brisbane on January 8, 2021, as Australia's third-largest city headed into lockdown and borders set to tighten nationwide after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel contracted the UK coronavirus strain that appears to be more infectious. Patrick HAMILTON / AFP

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Almost 60,000 daily cases reported Saturday, bringing total to over 3M

The UK surpassed 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, with government figures reporting a further 1,035 deaths over the past 24 hours.

The total number of deaths now stands at 80,868. There were also an additional 59,937 daily cases, bringing the total to above 3 million.

Already we are treating families who caught Covid when a relative joined them on Christmas Day, only to test positive afterwards.

I’m not sure I can ever forgive @BorisJohnson for inviting Christmas mixing. He’s supercharged the pandemic ?

https://t.co/7Cw0ClrHTm
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) January 9, 2021

The government has launched a new public awareness campaign to get people to better comply with restrictions.

In England, where the country is at the start of a third national lockdown, local media has reported that adherence is lower than the first national lockdown last year.

Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer Prof. Chris Whitty appeared in a video ad urging people to stay home, protect the National Health Service, and save lives.

While @nadhimzahawi calls today “a great day”, the UK’s Covid-19 death toll has now surpassed 80,000.

Other countries have demonstrated that this wasn’t inevitable. It is a culmination of repeated government failure, and they are still unwilling to adopt a Zero Covid strategy.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) January 9, 2021