CORONAVIRUS circumstances have elevated by 21.6 per cent in every week – as 20,263 Brits examined optimistic within the final 24 hours.
And 232 extra deaths have been reported in the present day – bringing the whole fatality toll to 64,402.
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London is about to be plunged into Tier 3 on WednesdayCredit score: Rex Options
At the moment’s dying toll is greater than final Monday’s determine of 189 deaths.
However it’s decrease than the determine of 603 reported a fortnight in the past.
The newest coronavirus circumstances convey the whole quantity contaminated in the course of the pandemic to a staggering 1,869,666.
And in the present day’s determine of 20,263 is over a 21 per cent improve from final week’s 14,718 reported circumstances.
It comes as:
In the meantime, an extra 179 deaths have been in the present day recorded in English hospitals, bringing the whole to 44,464.
Sufferers have been aged between 40 and 99 years previous, and all besides 4 – aged 74 to 92- had underlying well being situations.
The Midlands noticed the very best variety of fatalities with 56, and there have been 32 within the North East and Yorkshire.
London and the South West noticed the bottom variety of deaths with 13 and 11 fatalities respectively.
It comes as London and elements of Essex and Hertfordshire might be plunged into Tier 3 from Wednesday.
Matt Hancock instructed MPs this night that the cruel new restrictions can be launched amid a “sharp rise” in circumstances.
The Well being Secretary stated in some areas the doubling time of the variety of new circumstances is as brief as seven days, and a brand new variant of the virus is ripping by means of the South East of England.
Mr Hancock instructed MPs this afternoon: “When the virus is rising exponentially, there’s not a second to spare.
“Hospitals throughout the international locations of Essex and Kent are already beneath strain, and we all know the doubling of circumstances might be mirrored in hospital admissions, and it solely takes a couple of doublings for the NHS to be overwhelmed.”
‘DEADLY STRAIN’
This morning, well being bosses delivered a grim briefing to London MPs this morning warning that Covid is as soon as once more surging by means of the capital.
An infection charges have rocketed “exponentially” in all boroughs other than Kensington and Chelsea, and circumstances are actually “off the charts”, politicians have been instructed.
In the meantime, a brand new pressure of coronavirus which spreads even faster has been recognized in giant elements of England, Matt Hancock revealed in the present day.
The Well being Secretary instructed MPs {that a} new “variant” has been found in as much as 60 locations throughout the UK – and the World Well being Organisation has been knowledgeable.
London, elements of Essex and elements of Hertfordshire will transfer into Tier 3 from 12.01am on Wednesday, he instructed the Commons in the present day.
He added: “We have now recognized a brand new variant of coronavirus which can be related to the sooner unfold in South East England.
“It’s rising sooner than present variants, with over 1,000 circumstances.”
