UK reports more than 50,000 new Covid cases for third time in a week

New Covid UK cases topped 50,000 for the third time in a week, with infections reported rising nearly 10% in the past seven days.

The government said as of 9 a.m. on Monday there had been 51,459 other laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK.

This is the first time since early December that there have been more than 50,000 cases reported in one day with just a handful of days across the entire pandemic reporting more.

The government also said 41 more people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.

Separate figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that there have now been 170,000 recorded deaths in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

England

There were 41,525 new cases of Covid reported in England on Monday and 34 additional deaths.

Scotland

Scotland reported no new deaths on Monday, but revealed 3,894 new cases.

Wales

Wales recorded six new Covid deaths and 4,405 new cases on Monday.

North Ireland

Northern Ireland reported 1,635 new cases and just one new death on Monday.

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