UK records another 30,004 coronavirus cases, 610 deaths

London, Jan 25 : Another 30,004 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 36,47,463, according to official figures released on Sunday.
Another 610 people have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 97,939, the data showed.
Earlier on Sunday, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said “early evidence” shows the lockdown restrictions in Britain are starting to bring the number of new infections down, the Xinhua news agency reported.
However, it is still a “long, long, long way” before coronavirus cases are low enough for the lockdown to be lifted, he told Sky News, adding that the National Health Service (NHS) remains under “enormous” strain.
“We should be worried enough, all of us, about this pandemic to follow the rules and it is just so important that people do,” he said.
Meanwhile, Hancock expressed his concerns over the new Covid-19 variants not yet discovered.