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LONDON: The UK on Wednesday reported 6,178 new coronavirus cases, a marked jump in the daily infection rate that comes a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled new nationwide restrictions.
It follows a rise of 4,926 the day before, and brings the total confirmed cases in Britain since the pandemic hit to 409,729.
With a further 37 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, 41,862 people in Britain who tested positive for the virus have now died -- the highest toll in Europe.
The director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and professor of structural biology at the University of Oxford, James Naismith, called the spike in cases “unwelcome news”.
“It is part of a trend and there is no doubt the virus is taking off again,” he added, attributing the rise to an expanded testing regime.
But he warned that the increase in cases will eventually lead to serious illness and death. (AFP)
It follows a rise of 4,926 the day before, and brings the total confirmed cases in Britain since the pandemic hit to 409,729.
With a further 37 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, 41,862 people in Britain who tested positive for the virus have now died -- the highest toll in Europe.
The director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and professor of structural biology at the University of Oxford, James Naismith, called the spike in cases “unwelcome news”.
“It is part of a trend and there is no doubt the virus is taking off again,” he added, attributing the rise to an expanded testing regime.
But he warned that the increase in cases will eventually lead to serious illness and death. (AFP)
