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Britain has seen a surge of cases linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant in recent weeks, though death rates have been lower than during previous infection waves.

Despite the upsurge in cases, the number of Covid-linked deaths globally dropped 3% to 6,172 on average per day.

Some 58.5 million vaccine jabs have been given so far.

More than 58.3 million vaccine doses have been given under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

So far, Russia's death toll has not been affected by the Omicron variant and was mostly caused by a surge of infections in October and November.

Johor had the most reported deaths at four.

Perak had the most at seven, followed by Selangor.

Penang had the most at six.

Terengganu reported the most deaths followed by Selangor and Kelantan.

Penang reports the most deaths at eight.

Terengganu had the most reported deaths at five.

The milestone means the US death toll from this one virus now exceeds the entire population of North Dakota.