WPA Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — The U.K. reported a record number of new daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, with 78,610 in the last 24 hours. It underlines the dramatic surge in infections that the country is seeing ahead of the holiday period with the omicron variant expected to quickly become the dominant strain. There were 165 new Covid deaths in the U.K. on Wednesday, according to government data. Booster programU.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that at least one patient infected with the new omicron variant had died in the country. Government officials will likely be mulling whether more Covid restrictions will be needed over the next few weeks and, indeed, whether they will have enough cross-party support to push the measures through.
