Britain has recorded another 15,116 coronavirus cases and 81 more deaths, as 10 million people in the north brace for tougher restrictions on Monday as part of a new three-tier alert scheme – despite claims by leaders that case numbers are falling. The figure is a rise from yesterday’s 13,864 cases, as well as from … Read more
Wear a mask, or face lockdown: Dutch PM gives ultimatum as Holland records 6,500 Covid cases in 24 hours – after citizens keep ‘disobeying basic rules’ Officials issued the ultimatum to the Netherlands 17million citizens on Friday Country has an infection rate of 160 cases per 100,000 people at present This is far above England’s … Read more
The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency in Madrid to try and halt the spread of coronavirus in one of Europe’s most signficant outbreaks. Police have set up Covid-19 check points at train stations in Spain’s capital as it looks to clampdown on a rising infection rate in the region. The step, which … Read more
White people are fuelling England’s latest surge in coronavirus infections, official data has shown. Cases among white people – who make up 80 per cent of the population – have risen by more than two-and-a-half times in the last fortnight. A Public Health England report found cases soared from 37.3 per 100,000 people to 97 in the … Read more
The number of daily coronavirus cases are the now the highest they have been in two months as infections continue to spike in Midwestern states. More than 56,000 new cases were reported across the country on Thursday, which is the highest daily spike in infections since the first week of August. The average number of cases is now … Read more
European leaders trying to push ahead with new coronavirus lockdown measures are facing growing resistence across the continent. In Spain, ministers are today preparing to place Madrid into a state of emergency so they can force residents to comply with strict Covid travel bans after the capital’s highest court shot down the rules on Thursday. … Read more
A hat-trick of studies today confirmed coronavirus cases are surging in England with as many as 45,000 people catching the virus every day and the number of infections doubling in a week at the end of September. One Government-led study estimated that the infection rate could be almost half of what it was during the … Read more
Coronavirus cases DOUBLE in a week in England to more than 17,000 a day as ONS estimates 225,000 people now have the disease Weekly Office for National Statistics report gives worst ever estimate of cases Number of people catching Covid-19 every day surged from 8,400 in a week Almost a quarter of a million people … Read more
WHO reports record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak, with total rising by more than 96,000 in 24 hours Europe reported 96,996 new cases, the highest total for the region ever recorded by the WHO Global deaths rose by 5,514 to a total of 1.05 million As a region, Europe is now … Read more
It comes as the PM signed off a new ‘traffic light’ system of curbs for England after days of bitter wrangling between ministers and scientists, with a swathe of the north facing even tougher rules.