With more than 170,000 Covid deaths to date – including 17,000 since restrictions were lifted in July – the Guardian plots the UK’s vaccination progress against government decisions and the fatalities in 2021. UK enters national lockdown The UK enters a second nationwide lockdown. UK reaches 150,000 deaths by end of March Guardian analysis shows that the UK death toll had exceeded 150,000 with 54,445 fatalities occurring since the beginning of 2021. Majority of new UK cases due to Delta Public Health England says more than 90% of new UK Covid cases involve the Delta variant. On 20 October more than 49,000 new Covid cases were reported in the UK.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2021 17:26 UTC