earlier figures every day on the government's Covid-19 dashboard for areas in England were previously only revealing figures for tests carried out in hospitals and NHS centres - known as ‘Pillar 1’ of the government’s testing strategy.
Last night, the dashboard was updated for the first time including mobile testing site figures, referred to as ‘Pillar 2’. The number of confirmed cases have increased as a result.The government came under pressure to release the pillar two figures after local leaders in Leicester said they had been left in the dark about a hidden spike in new cases in the city before a local lockdown was imposed.
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