A further 5,693 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK today - a 46 per cent rise on last Sunday's total - with Wales' lockdown set to grow to 60 per cent of the country's population. Today's figures follow the news that 60 per cent of the Welsh population will be put under coronavirus lockdown from tomorrow after three more council areas are added to the government's list. The announcement comes just hours before local lockdown restrictions come into force in Cardiff and Swansea, Wales' two biggest cities, on Sunday evening. It means more than 1.8 million people in Wales - nearly 60 per cent the population - will be under local lockdowns from Monday night. Rumours of a rift came amid Tory rebel fears over ministers imposing coronavirus restrictions without asking MPs to vote on them.

Source: Daily Mail September 27, 2020 13:34 UTC