Coronavirus: UK reports highest ever number of new daily cases

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Coronavirus: UK reports highest ever number of new daily cases
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'There is more than enough.' Health Secretary Matt Hancock was asked several times if there is enough vaccine for flu and he eventually said there is. More here:

Many of these cases would have been missed at the time as more consistent community testing began in May.and avoid a winter jobs crisis.

Although he admitted some will still face an uncertain future, the plan will top up wages for staff working as little as a third of their normal hours.Things aren't as bad as they seem, but next week we'll know if we've done enough to reverse the surgeAlthough this is a new record for new confirmed COVID cases, things aren't as bad as they seem.

The previous high was 6,201 cases reported on 1 May. But far fewer people were being tested then. The true number of new cases at the peak of the first wave is likely to be well in excess of 100,000 a day.Research by Imperial College London suggest two-thirds of cases may be asymptomatic. That would mean the true number of daily infections could well be as high as 18,000.

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