Currently, the British Government has to activate field hospitals across the country to reduce pressure on medical facilities.
This is the third consecutive day the UK has recorded more than 50,000 new cases in a day. The number of deaths per day also increased by 964 cases, bringing the total number of cases that did not survive to 73,512 cases.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged citizens to abide by the rules of epidemic prevention and to welcome the new year safely at home.
Also yesterday, seven field hospitals have been reopened across the UK, to accommodate patients with severe COVID-19 that need intensive treatment.
Currently the Nightingale field hospital in London is the largest hospital in the world today, with a maximum capacity of up to about 4,000 hospital beds, on an area of more than 83,000 m2.