On March 8, when schools reopened on the first day of the roadmap, 142 people died in a single day. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus is undoubtedly rising, fuelled by the Delta variant - we'll come to that shortly. Of the 12,383 known cases of the Delta variant, only 126 people were admitted - and just three of them had received both jabs. The Delta variant has become the UK's dominant strain, and more than 12,000 cases have been identified. It has been suggested that "Freedom Day" could be pushed back by two weeks to give time to vaccinate more people.

Source: Daily Mirror June 08, 2021 11:54 UTC