UK records 35,928 new Covid cases as mutant strain causes rise in infections

UK records 35,928 new Covid cases as mutant strain causes rise in infections of nearly 95% compared to last Sunday – as death toll increases by 326 taking total number of victims to 67,401 By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 16:28 GMT, 20 December 2020 | Updated: 16:30 GMT, 20 December 2020 The UK has … Read more

Britain suffers 27,052 coronavirus cases – a rise of 25% compared to last Saturday

Coronavirus cases are up 25 per cent on last Saturday as 27,052 Britons tested positive – pushing the number of cases in the UK past two million, it has been revealed today. Latest figures show 534 people died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus – 14 more than last Saturday and 45 more … Read more

Britain suffers 27,052 coronavirus cases – a rise of 25% compared to last Saturday

Coronavirus cases are up 25 per cent on last Saturday as 27,052 Britons tested positive – pushing the number of cases in the UK past two million, it has been revealed today. Latest figures show 534 people died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus – 14 more than last Saturday and 45 more … Read more

Figures reveal hospitality industry accounts for just 3% of cases despite damaging restrictions

Hospitality venues facing ‘hugely damaging’ restrictions accounted for less than 3 per cent of coronavirus outbreaks in the month before the second lockdown – with one region reporting just a single incident. Public Health England figures show that just 128 of 4,687 (2.7 per cent) outbreaks across England in the four weeks to the end … Read more

Coronvirus cases RISE in England for first time in a month

Coronvirus cases RISE in England for first time in a month: Lockdown effects wore off within a week of it ending as infections surged to 567,300 led by a spike London, ONS figures show Office for National Statistics report shows infections are rising again, led by a spike in London In three weeks the reports … Read more

Coronvirus cases RISE in England for first time in a month

Coronvirus cases RISE in England for first time in a month: Lockdown effects wore off within a week of it ending as infections surged to 567,300 led by a spike London, ONS figures show Office for National Statistics report shows infections are rising again, led by a spike in London In three weeks the reports … Read more

UK records 35,383 daily Covid cases after officials include 11,000 cases missed in Wales count

Britain’s daily coronavirus case count today surged by 35,383 after Wales added a further 11,000 infections that had previously been missed off due to an IT ‘cock-up’. Today’s figures, which would normally be used to measure how much the UK’s outbreak has grown in the last week, are unreliable as a point of reference because … Read more

Figures reveal hospitality industry accounts for just 3% of cases despite damaging restrictions

Hospitality industry is facing ‘hugely damaging’ Covid-19 restrictions… but figures reveal it accounts for just 3% of cases Figures show that just 128 of 4,687 outbreaks across England linked to bars Industry leaders said measures against hospitality businesses ‘extremely poor’ Government made no reference to £500m measures to make pubs secure By Richard Marsden for the … Read more

Covid-19 in children can cause PARALYSIS in rare cases

Covid-19 can cause PARALYSIS in children in rare cases because the coronavirus can infect the spinal cord, study finds Researchers studied 38 cases of Covid-19 in children from eight countries   Found rare cases of severe neurological symptoms affecting some patients  Four patients died after catching another infection, such as TB or MRSA  Two of the children were left with … Read more

More than HALF of schools in England had coronavirus cases in November, report finds

More than half of schools in England had coronavirus cases during the first two weeks of November’s lockdown. A report from the Office for National Statistics shows that of 105 schools that had mass testing between November 3 and 19, 58 found one or more positives. The same number of schools found one case as … Read more