Johnson says UK Gov’t parties will go on amidst surging COVID cases
The previous record was 68,053 on January 8, 2021, - when the UK was in lockdown.
Speaking at a news conference, England's Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris J. Whitty warned that records will be broken a lot in the next few weeks.
According to a report from the BBC, he added people should prioritize what matters with regards to social mixing in the run-up to Christmas.
Speaking alongside Prof Whitty, Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson said it was "absolutely vital" that everyone gets a booster jab.
More hospitalizations to come!
He warned that in some areas the doubling rate for cases was now under two days, adding: "I'm afraid we're also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalizations up by 10% nationally, week-on-week, and up by almost a third in London."
Prof Whitty said the country was experiencing two separate epidemics, one driven by the "very rapidly-growing" Omicron variant and the other by the Delta variant.
"I'm afraid we have to be realistic that records will be broken a lot over the next few weeks as the rates continue to go up," he added.
The UK PM said the government was not canceling Christmas events by restricting gatherings or closing pubs and restaurants but cautioned people to think carefully about the socializing they did.
He said: "I said many times that I thought that this Christmas will be considerably better than last Christmas, and I stick to that."
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