LONDON, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Another 2,166 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,411,797, according to official figures released Wednesday.
The country also reported another 29 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 127,480. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test.
Nearly 34 million people have been given the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest official figures.
Earlier Wednesday, a Public Health England (PHE) study showed a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can cut transmission of the coronavirus by up to half.
Those who were infected at least three weeks later were between 38 percent and 49 percent less likely to pass the virus on to people living in the same household, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, according to the study.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-related deaths in England and Wales in a week has fallen to the lowest level in six months, new figures from Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday.
A total of 362 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending April 16 mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, the lowest number since the week ending Oct. 2 last year, according to ONS.
Experts have warned that despite progress in vaccine rollout, Britain is "still not out of the woods" amid concerns over new variants, particularly those first emerged in South Africa, Brazil and India, and the third wave of pandemic on the European continent.
To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Russia, the United States as well as the European Union have been racing against time to roll out coronavirus vaccines. Enditem
