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This is from Alastair McLellan, editor of the Health Service Journal.

NEW: Weekly rate of increase in number of covid+ patients in English hospitals continues to climb - now 13.3% (was 4.5% four days ago). Two thirds of rise n NW

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The UK has recorded 6,048 new coronavirus cases, according to the latest update to the government's Covid dashboard. It is only the second time daily new cases have been above 6,000 since March.

This means the total number of new cases over the past seven days is now 60.6% up on the total for the previous week. Yesterday the week-on-week increase was 52.9%.