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However, these figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. 

Government case figures now include people in England and Northern Ireland who have tested positive for a second time - after at least a 90-day gap - rather than just first infections. 

So far, 91% of people aged 12 and over in the UK have had their first vaccine dose, 85% have had their second and 65% have had a booster. 

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A further 54,095 confirmed daily cases were announced on Sunday. 

On 31 January, the overall number of confirmed cases jumped by nearly 850,000 as backdated reinfections and previously unidentified cases were included in the total. 

Until 31 January, only the first episode of infection was counted in the official daily figures - apart from in Wales. 

But now, if someone in England or Northern Ireland has two positive tests more than 90 days apart, the second is counted as a separate infection. Scotland plans to include reinfection figures later this month. 

The red and orange areas on the map below show the places currently seeing the highest number of cases per 100,000 people. The map's key was updated on 21 December to allow for rising case numbers. 

More than 52 million people, 91% of those aged 12 and over in the UK, have now received a first dose of a vaccine. 

The number of people who have received a second vaccine dose is more than 48 million, or 85% of people aged 12 and over. 

So far, more than 37 million booster doses have been administered across the UK, with about 31 million in England, 3.3 million in Scotland, 1.9 million in Wales and 950,000 in Northern Ireland. 

The UK Health Security Agency has warned that two doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to stop people catching the Omicron variant, but their scientists also say a booster vaccine is 88% effective at preventing people ending up in hospital with Covid. 

There were 75 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Sunday. 

Of those deaths, there were 61 in England, 11 in Wales, two in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland. 

As of 1 February, the reported daily deaths figure includes people who have died after being infected for a second time. These people used to be removed from the totals. 

It doesn't make much difference to the overall death toll (less than 1%) but it may complicate the trends in the weeks after the change takes effect. 

Some of the recent rises in deaths could also be down to "coincidental" Covid: people who died within 28 days of a positive test for something other than Coronavirus. 

With historically high numbers of cases, this "coincidental" figure would be expected to increase. 

Figures for doctors registering a death and recording what caused it will increasingly become our best picture of the pandemic's death toll - but these take longer to be published and it will be a while before we get a complete picture. 

The most recent government figures for the whole of the UK show 14,634 people with coronavirus were in hospital, down from 16,227 a week earlier. 

Of those in hospital with coronavirus, 478 are in mechanical ventilation beds - using ventilators to help them breathe - down from 549 a week earlier. 

The number of hospital patients remains well below the peak of nearly 40,000 people in January last year. 

The number of patients in hospital with coronavirus increased in almost every area of the UK during December and early January. 

When looking at the overall death toll from coronavirus, official figures count deaths in three different ways, each giving a slightly different number. 

First, government figures - the ones reported each day - count people who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. This figure is more than 158,000. 

According to the latest ONS figures, the UK has now seen more than 178,000 deaths in total - that's all those deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate even if the person had not been tested for the virus. 

The third measure counts all deaths over and above the expected number since the pandemic began - that figure was more than 148,000 as of 21 January. 

In total, there were 14,424 deaths registered in the week to 21 January. 

Of the total deaths, 1,672 were related to coronavirus, an increase of 112 from the previous week. 

The "R number" is the average number of people an infected person will pass the disease on to. 

If R is below one, then the number of people contracting the disease will fall; if it is above one, the number will grow. 

The government has said in the past that the R number is one of the most important factors in making policy decisions.