Coronavirus cases are up by more than 50,000 today - double last Sunday's increase. A further 454 deaths have been announced this afternoon, alongside 54,990 new infections.
It is the sixth consecutive day on which the number of new cases has been above 50,000. Britain recorded 30,501 infections last Sunday as the new highly infectious strain of coronavirus spread across the country.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has now told Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose a national lockdown within the next 24 hours.
Sir Keir told reporters: "The virus is clearly out of control. "And there's no good the Prime Minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week, or two or three. "That delay has been the source of so many
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