Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe UK has reported 5,683 new coronavirus cases today as infections soared by 73% in just one week. Last Monday's health chiefs announced 3,283 Covid infections, with cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus soaring in the past week. Yesterday's daily Covid figures revealed 5,341 new cases - then the highest number since March 22. It comes amid calls for the Government to postpone the lifting of all restrictions on June 21, with the worrying figures being put down to the rampaging Indian variant - know known as Delta. A single dose offers just 33 percent protection against the Indian variant, much less than that first identified in Kent - now known as Alpha.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 15:26 UTC