UK announces record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases amid new strain outbreak

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Published: 2020-12-20 20:39

Last Updated: 2024-04-14 08:05


UK announces record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases amid new strain outbreak
UK announces record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases amid new strain outbreak

Sunday, official data showed that the number of coronavirus cases in United Kingdom increased by 35,928 cases, which is the highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Additionally, 326 deaths were recorded, which is less than Saturday’s death toll of 534.

The British government tightened the restrictions imposed in the capital, London, and southeastern Britain, in an effort to limit the spread of a new strain of the virus.