Britain reports 5,947 new COVID cases on Friday By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 5,947 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down from 6,573 a day earlier, government data showed after a delay in the publication of daily statistics.

Earlier, Britain had reported that over 21 million people had received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and that there had been 236 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Friday.