paul reed, chief executive, _ are gaps in schemes.hemes. paul reed, chief executive, thank you so - are gaps in schemes. paul reed, i chief executive, thank you so much forjoining us this evening. the number of daily coronavirus cases has gone up slightly again. there were nearly 32,000 new infections in the latest 24—hour period, but that makes an average of 26 and a half thousand new cases per day, over the last seven days, so the longer term trend is still down. 92 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. chart) that's an average of 85 a day, in the past week.(oov5 — the longer term trend for coronavirus infection rates has been down across the uk, except in northern ireland where case numbers are rising, according to the office for national statistics. whilst england has launched a new campaign, encouraging young adults to get theirjabs, northern ireland has now become the first of the home nations, to start vaccinating 16 and 17—year—olds. here's our health editor, hugh pym. a uk first — the start of vaccinations for all 16 and