This is the highest number of cases recorded in the third wave and since January 23 when there were 33,431 new infections. The news comes as Boris Johnson has warned that Covid cases could rise to as much as 50,000 per day by 'Freedom Day' on July 19. He has announced face masks, social distancing, those QR codes and ordering at the bar in pubs will no longer be a legal requirement in England from July 19. Full-size stadium gigs and theatre shows will also be able to restart with no social distancing restrictions. He said 50,000 cases a day may be recorded by July 19, adding bluntly: "We must reconcile ourselves, sadly, to more deaths from Covid."

Source: Daily Mirror July 07, 2021 15:09 UTC