UK reports over 50,000 daily Covid cases for first time since January

Delta variant spreading rapidly, with one in 95 people in England testing positive for the virus last week

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More than 50,000 daily cases of coronavirus have been reported in the UK for the first time since January, with an estimated one in 95 people testing positive for the virus in England last week.

The daily tally of cases has reached 51,870, the highest figure since 15 January, and 277,995 people tested positive over the past week, a rise of more than a third on the previous week.