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Covid forces more than 600,000 people in UK into Christmas Day isolation

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Figure could rise to 750,000 as Omicron variant drives daily number of new cases to record 119,789

More than 600,000 people will be forced to isolate with Covid across the UK on Christmas Day after a record 119,789 tested positive, the highest daily figure since the pandemic began.

The surge triggered by the Omicron variant means that 608,000 people who have had Covid confirmed since 18 December in England and 15 December in the rest of the UK will still be in their isolation period on 25 December, Guardian analysis shows.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/32fKvyj

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