THE number of daily Covid deaths in the UK has dropped to its lowest Saturday figure in two months.
Despite growing fears over the spread of the Omicron variant, cases have remained steady.
There were 42,848 new cases recorded today after yesterday’s infection toll hit 50,584.
There were 127 deaths recorded in the UK today bringing the total number to 145,551 since the beginning of the pandemic.
It is the lowest number of deaths the UK has had on a Saturday in the past two months after 121 deaths were recorded on October 2.
In comparison, on November 13 there were 157 deaths and 150 on November 20.
The total number of infections now stands at 10,421,104.
It comes as the Omicron variant has been spreading throughout Britain in the past few weeks.
There have been 104 Omicron cases in England with more than half found in double jabbed.
The number of Omicron cases in the UK has risen to 134 – including the first confirmed case in Wales.
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It comes amid fears Christmas could be cancelled in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron variant.
However, Boris Johnson, 57, insisted there was no need to cancel Xmas gatherings, family meet-ups or nativity plays.
He begged confused Brits not to panic as he sought to calm the chaos by saying of the tougher restrictions claims: “There’s no need for that at all. That’s not what we are saying.
“Please, we’ve got to take a balanced and proportionate approach to this. We want people to continue as they are.”
Tory chief Oliver Dowden urged Brits to go to the pub and insisted people must “keep calm and carry on.”
Meanwhile, the WHO has revealed that no one has died from the Omicron variant even though cases have been detected in 38 across the world.
Government advisors have suggested the work from home advice should return in a bid to prevent the spread of Omicron as it could spark a new wave of cases.
The government has extended its booster campaign to 18-39 year-olds in order to get on the front foot of Omicron infections and to give Brits as much protection as possible.