British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a major announcement on Wednesday as the U.K. recorded its highest daily COVID-19 case count since the start of the pandemic.

A further 78,610 COVID-19 infections were reported, about 10,000 more than the previous high reported in January.

With a new highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus surging across Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a "tidal wave" of infections.

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