The 3 worrying signs the UK could be in lockdown by Christmas

On December 10 2020, 447 deaths were reported, within 28 days of a positive test.

However, despite higher case numbers than what were confirmed on the same day in 2020, 120 people died last Friday (December 10 2021) due to Covid.

The key factor driving these changes is that we now have vaccines to help give people immunity and prevent severe illnesses from developing

Today, 81.2 percent of the UK population - aged 12 and above - have received their second inoculation. Whereas the vaccine programme was just getting underway in December of last year.

In addition, daily hospitalisations are also down over the same period. For December 10 2020, 1,754 people were admitted to hospital while 839 required hospital treatment last Friday (December 10 2021).