UK Records More Than 50,000 New Cases For Sixth Day Running As Number Of Deaths Passes 75,000

Official figures show there had been a further 54,990 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, up 80 per cent from last week's case figure of 30,501, while the number of deaths had increased by 43 per cent from last Sunday to 454

Daily Mail: UK records another 54,990 coronavirus cases and 454 deaths - an 80% rise in infections in a week - amid warnings more under 30s are in intensive care as NHS plans to send Covid patients to West Country to ease pressure on crisis-hit wards

* Government said there had been further 54,990 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus and 454 deaths in the UK

* Trusts in London and the south-East are preparing to transfer critically-ill Covid patients to south-west trusts * Patients in the east of England will be moved to hospitals in the Midlands under emergency plans

* Health officials have warned that people as young as 30 'will die from Covid' and are 'not immune' to virus

More than 50,000 new coronavirus cases have been recorded for the sixth day in a row and another 454 deaths today as health officials warn that people as young as 30 'will die from Covid'.

Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate show there have now been 91,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK. The figures do not represent results from the whole UK due to data on deaths not being reported by Scotland on Sunday.

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