England sees huge 64% rise in Covid-19 cases in one week with 89k testing positive

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Test and Trace figures show a huge 64 per cent rise in coronavirus cases in just one week. Only 62.6% of the 216,627 people who came into close contact with positive cases were reached by the tracing system in the latest week - a record low.

This is well short of the official target of reaching 80% of contacts. Labour said the system was 'falling apart' and once again called for a 'circuit break' in response to the latest figures.

The shadow health minister said it was 'absolutely staggering' that 'week upon week' the Test and Trace system gets worse. A total of 89,874 new people tested positive for Covid-19 in England in the week to October 7, according to the latest numbers.