The Monaco health authorities reported 18 new cases of coronavirus among residents on Saturday, February 20, together with 10 full recoveries.

Twenty-six residents are currently being treated as in-patients at the Princess Grace Hospital, of whom six are in intensive care.

A total of 100 residents with mild symptoms are recovering at home under the care and supervision of the Home Monitoring Centre.

Meanwhile, in the UK cases and deaths continue to fall as the vaccine programme has reached more than 17 million people, or 26 percent of the total population. The number of new cases on Saturday, February 20, was 10,406, with 445 new deaths.

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