Recorded cases were at 451 per 100,000 people on May 20, but this stood at just 403 on May 24. Last week, Covid hospitalisations in Bolton had tripled in three weeks from 12 on May 10 to 43, according to reports. It comes as a Downing Street adviser involved in assessing the data admitted lockdown's end on June 21 will probably be delayed as Indian variant cases continue to climb across the country. The number of cases of the variant in Britain rose to nearly 7,000 last week, double the number a week earlier. The Government also said that, as of 9am on Sunday, there had been a further 3,240 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

Source: Daily Mirror May 30, 2021 17:49 UTC