UK reports leap of 10,000 confirmed Omicron coronavirus cases

December 18, 2021 / 7:52 PM

People wait to receive a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Babington Hospital in Belper on December 16, 2021 as the UK steps up the country's ...

Sharjah 24 – Reuters: Cases in the United Kingdom of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus jumped sharply in the latest daily figures provided by British health authorities on Saturday.

Confirmed Omicron-variant COVID-19 cases hit 24,968 as of 1800 GMT on Dec. 17, up by just over 10,000 cases from 24 hours earlier, the UK Health Security Agency said.