One of the Government's most prominent scientists today hailed encouraging data showing that coronavirus hospitalisations across England remain low, despite cases rising across the nation. It comes as MailOnline analysis of official statistics showed Covid cases are only clearly rising in three of England's Indian variant hotspots. WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS IN THE EIGHT INDIAN VARIANT HOTSPOTS? Its case rate per 100,000 people rose slightly on May 21 to 193.9, compared to 186.4 the day before. KirkleesKirklees is the third Indian variant hotspot to see a noticeable increase in Covid cases.