a big thank you to you, peter openshaw, - that as well.hat as well. a big thank you to - you, peter openshaw, and thank you to fergus walsh as well, yes, he has done a terrificjob. thank you for your time and done a terrificjob. thank you for yourtime and your done a terrificjob. thank you for your time and your expertise, of course. . ~' your time and your expertise, of course. . ~ ,, let's take a look at the latest government coronavirus figures. there were just over 3,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 2a—hour period, which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 2,865. across the uk the latest figures show 3,12a people were in hospital with coronavirus. 53 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week, 31 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 126,980. the uk is continuing its programme of mass vaccinations — and in the last 2a—hour period, nearly 100,000 peop