Boris Johnson had planned a major speech to celebrate the lifting of Covid rules in England tomorrow
But it was scrapped as Number 10 became anxious after Covid-19 infections continued to rise rapidly
Yesterday, the number of daily cases hit 54,674, with 740 patients hospitalised in growing crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people are also off work because they have been pinged by NHS Covid app
Pingdemic closed part of the London Underground yesterday and raised concerns about food supplies