Britain and Italy records COVID-19 cases -
Britain recorded 28,612 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, down from 31,808 a day earlier, and 103 deaths, higher than the 92 reported on Friday, official data showed.
The data also showed that 46,997,495 people have had a first dose of a vaccine and 39,210,356 have had two doses.
Italy reported 22 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday (Aug 7), compared with 24 the day before, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 6,902 from 6,599.
Italy has registered a total of 128,209 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth-highest in the world//CNA