This is still much lower than the 5,000 new cases a day in April, at the peak of the epidemic. Cases have been rising across Europe and began edging up again in the UK in July, after falling in June.A number of areas have seen a spike in infections, with Birmingham and Northampton the latest places affected. And experts suspect a relatively small number of areas in the UK are responsible for an increase in new cases.
Testing has also increased over recent weeks and this means more people with the virus are being detected. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast that NHS Test and Trace was now reaching “almost 80%” of contacts and the extra support will help “get the last few percentages”.However, NHS England’s Test and Trace scheme is still failing to actually hit its 80% target, with weekly figures showing the time taken to turn around results is getting longer.
The last weekly testing of people in thousands of private households, by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), seen as the most accurate picture of new infections, suggested cases were levelling off. New weekly ONS figures will be released on Friday.
Source: BBC
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