LONDON, July 6 —Britain reported the highest daily number of new Covid cases since Jan. 29 today, and the greatest number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test since April 23.

Today’s figures showed that there were 28,773 new cases, up from 27,334 yesterday, and 37 deaths.

As of the end of yesterday, 86.2 per cent of British adults had received one dose of a vaccination against Covid and 64.3 per cent had received two doses. — Reuters