Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Prof Neil Ferguson said it is “almost certain” that cases will hit 100,000 a day and hospitalisations 1,000 a day, up from 55,000 and 740 a day currently. “I mean, we could get to 2,000 hospitalisations a day, 200,000 cases a day - and it’s much less certain.”Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick admitted there will be a "significant rise" in cases and hospitalisations - and the third wave may not peak until September. But “if you have enough cases, you can still have quite a significant burden on the healthcare system,” he said. "We won’t reach herd immunity without significant immunity in people under 18," Prof Ferguson warned.

Source: Daily Mirror July 18, 2021 08:52 UTC