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The official number of new positive cases in the UK soared by almost 1,000 on Friday to 4,322, the highest since May 8, after a separate ONS model reported around 6,000 new cases a day in England in the week until September 10.
That was up from modeling 3,200 cases per day in the previous week, with the North West and London seen as hot spots.
Health Minister Matt Hancock called a second national shutdown a last resort on Friday and when asked about it said, “I can’t give you that answer right now.”
WIDELY EXTENDING TO ALL AGES
The UK said that the number of replication “R” of Covid-19 infections in the UK has risen to a range of 1.1 to 1.4 from last week’s figure of 1.0 to 1.2 .
“We are seeing clear signs that this virus is spreading widely in all age groups and I am particularly concerned about the increase in hospital admission and intensive care rates among the elderly,” said Yvonne Doyle, Public Medical Director. Health England.
“This could be a warning of much worse things to come.”
Britain imposed new COVID regulations in the North West, Midlands and West Yorkshire since Tuesday.
COVID-19 cases began to rise again in Britain in September, with between 3,000 and 4,000 positive tests recorded daily in the last week. This is still a little behind France, which receives more than 10,000 new cases a day.
More than 10 million people in the UK are already locked up locally.
“COVID-19 infection rates have increased in most regions, particularly the North West and London,” the ONS said. “Infection rates in all other regions are likely to have increased as well, except the South West and West Midlands.”
The ONS said there was clear evidence of an increase in the number of people who tested positive from 2 to 11 years, 17 to 24 years and 25 to 34 years.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticized by opposition politicians for his initial response to the outbreak and the government has struggled to ensure sufficient evidence in recent weeks.
When asked by LBC radio why the test system was a “disaster”, Hancock said that Dido Harding, who is in charge of the system, had done an “extraordinary job.”
