The UK has surpassed its record number of daily reported coronavirus cases for a fourth day in a row, with a further 189,846 confirmed.

In Thursday’s data update, which included figures for Wales covering a two-day period, all four nations reported the highest ever number of daily Covid cases, with 189,213 confirmed.

Boris Johnson urged caution for those celebrating the New Year, as social mixing was allowed to go unrestricted in England despite the surging Covid infections.

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