New Covid cases stay flat for FIFTH day in a row at 90,629 as expert says it ‘looks like Omicron has peaked’: Daily infections rise 52% in a week but there’s STILL no increase in hospital admissions

Britain’s daily Covid cases have plateaued for the fifth day in a row as an expert claimed that the Omicron wave may have peaked already.

There were 90,629 infections in the past 24 hours across the UK, up 52 per cent on last Tuesday’s toll but down slightly on the figure yesterday — despite wild projections of up to a million daily infections by New Year,

Cases have remained flat since last Friday when they hit a peak of more than 93,000.