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There have been 8. 4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and More Than 138,000 people have died, government figures show.

However, these figures include Only People who have died within 28 Days of testing positive for coronavirus.

So Far , about 86% of people aged 12 and over in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and nearly 79% have had their second.

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Note : Vaccination data now includes 12-15 Year olds so the percentages for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will all be lower than they were previously.

After falling at The End of July, the Average number of daily confirmed cases climbed and fell A Number of times during August and early September. The Average has been rising Once Again in recent days.

A further 43,423 confirmed cases were announced on Saturday.

The recent spikes have been driven by The Delta variant, which spreads faster than the previously most common Kent variant (now named Alpha).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said The Virus " Still Remains a risk" but That he was " confident we can protect the gains we've made together".

It is thought the infection rate in the First Peak of The Virus in spring Last Year was much higher than was evident from the reported number of cases. Testing capacity was then too limited to detect the true number of daily cases.

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More Than 49 million people, or about 86% of those aged 12 and over in the UK, have now received a first dose of a vaccine.

The Number of people who have received a second vaccine dose is now More Than 45 million, or about 79% of people aged 12 and over.

The UK Health Security Agency, which replaced Public Health England, the UK vaccination programme has prevented about 24 million infections, 260,000 hospitalisations and 127,500 deaths.

More Than 41 million people in England have had one vaccine dose.

In Scotland, almost 4. 3 million people have had their First Shot , while the figure is 2. 4 million in Wales and 1. 3 million in Northern Ireland .

All those aged 16 and over can get a Covid vaccine, as well as children with underlying health conditions who are aged 12 and above.

Healthy children aged 12 to 15 are now also being offered one dose of a vaccine.

All four nations of the UK are beginning to offer booster jabs to over-50s, younger adults with health conditions and frontline health and social care workers.

There were 148 deaths within 28 Days of a positive test reported on Saturday.

Of those deaths, 123 were in England, 21 were in Scotland and four were in Northern Ireland . No deaths were reported in Wales.

England has seen the majority of UK deaths since the pandemic began, with More Than 120,000 So Far .

Prof Chris Whitty , the UK government's chief medical adviser, has urged those Not Yet vaccinated to get the jab as soon as possible, saying: " Winter is coming and people really should take this seriously. "

He Said data showed That in every age bracket there is a " very substantially smaller" risk of being admitted to hospital and dying with Covid for people who have been vaccinated.

The Most recent government figures show 7,086 people with coronavirus in hospital in the UK, up from 6,796 a week earlier.

Of those in hospital with coronavirus, 783 are in mechanical ventilation beds - using ventilators to help them breathe.

Although numbers of hospital patients with coronavirus are higher than they were over the summer, they are far below The Peak of nearly 40,000 people back in January.

Looking at Covid patients in hospital by region, the numbers are higher than in the summer but have remained steady in most regions for several weeks.

When looking at the overall Death Toll from coronavirus, official figures Count deaths in three different ways, each giving a slightly different number.

First, government figures - The Ones reported each day - Count people who died within 28 Days of testing positive for coronavirus. This figure is now More Than 138,000.

According to the, the UK has now seen More Than 160,000 deaths - That 's all those deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the Death Certificate even if the person had not been tested for The Virus .

The Third measure counts all deaths over and above the usual number at The Time of Year - That figure was a little over 131,000 to 1 October.

In total, there were 12,132 deaths registered in the week to 1 October, which was 13% above the five-Year Average .

Of the total deaths, 972 were related to coronavirus, 138 fewer than the previous week.

There have been more deaths involving Covid than " excess" deaths since the start of the pandemic, meaning non-Covid deaths must be below usual levels.

This could be down to the milder flu season Last Winter - due to less travel and more social distancing - and because Some People who might have died for other reasons had there been no pandemic, died of Covid.

The " R number" is the Average number of people an infected person will pass the disease on to.

If R is below one, then The Number of people contracting the disease will fall; if it is above one, The Number will grow.

The government has said in The Past That the R number is one of The Most important factors in making policy decisions.

The latest R number estimate for England is 0. 9 to 1. 1, while for Scotland it is 0. 8 to 1. 0, for Wales it is 0. 8 and for Northern Ireland it is 1. 05 to 1. 2.

Source of news: bbc.com