UK records highest daily increase in coronavirus cases


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Jan 2021

LONDON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Another 58,784 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in the country, according to official figures released Monday.

It was the seventh day in a row that daily new cases have topped 50,000 in Britain. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 2,713,563, the data showed.

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