White people have driven spiralling cases of Covid-19 cases over the past fortnight, data reveals

White people are fuelling England’s latest surge in coronavirus infections, official data has shown.  Cases among white people – who make up 80 per cent of the population – have risen by more than two-and-a-half times in the last fortnight. A Public Health England report found cases soared from 37.3 per 100,000 people to 97 in the … Read more

Experts warn daily Covid cases could be as high as 45,000 in England

A hat-trick of studies today confirmed coronavirus cases are surging in England with as many as 45,000 people catching the virus every day and the number of infections doubling in a week at the end of September. One Government-led study estimated that the infection rate could be almost half of what it was during the … Read more

Experts warn daily Covid cases could be as high as 45,000 in England

A hat-trick of studies today confirmed coronavirus cases are surging in England with as many as 45,000 people catching the virus every day and the number of infections doubling in a week at the end of September. One Government-led study estimated that the infection rate could be almost half of what it was during the … Read more

WHO reports record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak

WHO reports record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak, with total rising by more than 96,000 in 24 hours Europe reported 96,996 new cases, the highest total for the region ever recorded by the WHO Global deaths rose by 5,514 to a total of 1.05 million As a region, Europe is now … Read more

UK announces 17,540 Covid-19 cases and 77 deaths as infections treble in a fortnight

Britain today recorded 17,540 more cases of coronavirus, with the number of people testing positive for the disease every day having nearly tripled in a fortnight. There were 6,634 diagnoses of the disease two weeks ago, on September 24,  which is the most recent point of reference after a counting blunder at Public Health England (PHE) rendered … Read more

Coronavirus: UK recording more daily cases per capita than the US

The UK is recording more coronavirus cases relative to the size of its population than the US for the first time since March, data shows. In another grim milestone in Britain’s second wave, there were 143 cases per million people on October 5, compared to America’s rate of 130 per million.  It’s the first time Britain … Read more

Coronavirus cases in Arizona declined by 75% during the summer after mask mandate, CDC report finds

Coronavirus cases in Arizona declined by as much as 75 percent during the later summer months after a mask mandate was implemented, a new report finds. From late June to early July state health officials were reporting more than 3,500 daily cases of COVID-19. However, after Gov Doug Ducey (R) ordered that all residents needed … Read more

Britain records 14,542 new Covid-19 cases as daily infections triple in a fortnight again

Britain has recorded 14,542 more coronavirus cases after the number of people testing positive for the virus every day tripled in a fortnight.  Last Tuesday’s data, which would normally be used to measure how much the outbreak has grown in the last week, was made unreliable due to a catastrophic counting error at Public Health … Read more