Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeCoronavirus cases have increased by 10.5 per cent in Britain in the last week as the Indian variant spreads, worrying data shows. The nation recorded 17,410 new infections from May 16 to May 22 - a rise from the previous seven days. And the latest figures from Public Health England show that 3,424 B1617.2 infections, widely known as the Indian variant, have been recorded as fears continue over the strain. Health officials are in a race to speed ahead with the rollout as efforts to keep the worrying new Indian variant at bay ramp up.

Source: Daily Mirror May 22, 2021 18:51 UTC