More than 90% of community COVID cases in England are now Omicron, according to latest data.
As it is now by far the dominant variant, the UK Health Security Agency said it would stop providing Omicron-specific daily updates from 31 December.
Today, another 39,923 Omicron cases have been detected across the UK – the second-highest daily figure so far.
It takes the total number of Omicron cases identified in the UK to 210,122.
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39,923 additional confirmed cases of the #Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported across the UK.
Confirmed Omicron cases in the UK now total 210,122. pic.twitter.com/JE2hzOvkw4
The last daily #OmicronVariant overview will be reported on Friday 31 December. As data has shown that Omicron cases now constitute more than 90% of all community COVID-19 cases in England, our daily dashboard will provide the most updated info on COVID-19 case figures.
The highest daily figure was on 27 December – when there were 45,307. Yesterday, 17,269 were detected.
Scotland has already stopped reporting Omicron cases separately from other COVID cases in daily reports.