Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe UK has reported 5,765 new coronavirus cases today as infections soared by 70% in just one week. Last Saturday health chiefs announced 3,398 Covid infections, with cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus soaring in the past week. However the UK's vaccination drive is continuing full steam ahead and the country today announced it had administered more than 40 million first doses of the vaccine. But Indian variant hotspot Lancashire continues to record growing infections rates, with the county's towns now dominating cases tables. Public Health England (PHE) figures showed this week that the North West of England is recording the highest numbers of new cases.

Source: Daily Mirror June 05, 2021 15:24 UTC