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Britain has recorded 60,578 new cases of Covid-19 and a further 259 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, as numbers drift lower following a wave of Omicron cases at the turn of the year, reports Reuters.
The number of new cases in the past seven days was down 4.2 per cent on a week before at 599,229, while the number of deaths was 5.4pc down on the previous week at 1,729.
