The number Covid-19-like outbreaks has doubled in workplaces across England as shops reopen and lockdown loosens, data revealed today. More promising figures from Public Health England, however, show the number of outbreaks in hospitals fell from 27 to 13 and it fell from 112 to 58 in care homes. Hospitals and care homes have remained hotspots for the virus during lockdown but cases in those settings now appear to be dwindling. Throughout May, when most of England was still under lockdown, there were 22 respiratory outbreaks reported to Public Health England. The estimate is in line with yesterday's prediction by Public Health England and Cambridge University academics, who claimed up to 3,000 people are still getting infected each day.

Source: Daily Mail July 02, 2020 18:27 UTC