More than 3,400 cases of Indian variant confirmed in UK - a 15% rise in a day
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mirror.co.ukMore than 3,400 cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the UK - an increase of 15% in just one day. Yesterday, Matt Hancock said the figure stood at 2,967.
A total of 3,424 cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus B1.617.2 have now been confirmed in the UK, Public Health England said.
The figures are up to May 19, and represent a rise of 2,111 on the previous week. In England 3,245 cases have now been confirmed, along with 136 in Scotland, 28 in Wales and 15 in Northern Ireland.
It comes amid reports that for three weeks in April and May, eight local authorities in England - including Blackburn with Darwen which is among the areas worst hit by the India variant - did not have access to the full data on positive
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