Covid deaths today: Why are Covid death figures delayed? - Express

One such variant was discovered in Kent, and saw cases rapidly increase in the south of England.

Throughout the pandemic, data has been published daily updating the nation with the number of coronavirus cases and Covid-related deaths.

This is gathered by Public Health England and published on their dashboard, showing the rates of infection across the country.

PHE data of cases yesterday showed although London continues to have the highest rate of any region, its rate of new cases stood at 864.9 per 100,000 people in the seven days to January 10.

There was a similar pattern in other areas, with the East Midlands, eastern England, north east England, south-east England and Yorkshire & the Humber all recording a week-on-week fall.

However, the rate has increased in north west England, south west England and the West Midlands.

A regional breakdown of vaccination figures in England, up to January 10, showed a mixed performance

The NHS England figures indicate about half of people aged 80 and over in north east England and Yorkshire have received their first dose but just three-in-10 in eastern England and London