The number of new COVID cases in the UK has fallen for the third day in a row, according to government data – but they do not include figures for Wales.

The country has recorded 36,389 new cases and 64 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period.

The number of infections is down by around 15,000 compared with this time last week, when 51,870 were reported along with 49 deaths.

Yesterday, 39,306 infections and 84 fatalities were announced.

Some 43,000 people had their first jab yesterday, meaning that 46,476,845 have now received at least one COVID vaccine dose in the UK.

Another 174,742 people had their second shot, bringing the total number of those now fully inoculated against coronavirus to 36,762,646.