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UK's daily COVID infections pass 100,000 for the first time amid Omicron spread
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The UK registered a record-breaking 106,122 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours ahead of the holidays.
It was the first time the country reported more than 100,000 daily infections.
Infections have risen nearly 60% in the past week compared to week before, UK authorities said.
England's chief medical officer Dr Chris Whitty had warned that the highly transmissible Omicron variant was likely to bring record-breaking infection numbers.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far refused to impose new curbs aimed at reducing transmission, but said the situation was being followed "hour by hour".
The Welsh government, meanwhile, said that from December 26 nightclubs will have to close and that groups would need to be limited to six people on public
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