Uk has reported another 58,784 new coronavirus cases, which is the highest daily spike in the nation since the beginning of the pandemic.Due to increase in cases UK PM Boris Johnson has announced England will be plunged into a nationwide lockdown - with all school closed until mid February. He described the speed of the spread of the new variant as "alarming" and said hospitals in England were under more pressure than at any point in the pandemic. This is the seventh day in a row that daily new cases have crossed 50,000 in Britain. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 2,713,563. Meanwhile, another 407 have died within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 75,431.

Uk has reported another 58,784 new coronavirus cases, which is the highest daily spike in the nation since the beginning of the pandemic.Due to increase in cases UK PM Boris Johnson has announced England will be plunged into a nationwide lockdown - with all school closed until mid February. He described the speed of the spread of the new variant as "alarming" and said hospitals in England were under more pressure than at any point in the pandemic. This is the seventh day in a row that daily new cases have crossed 50,000 in Britain. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 2,713,563. Meanwhile, another 407 have died within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 75,431.