Debate has been raging this week about whether the government should delay lifting Covid restrictions completely on June 21 as planned, amid worries that we may be seeing the start of a ‘third wave’ of infections.
The latest data show that there were 4,330 new cases of Covid in the UK recorded on June 2 - and 25,240 new cases in the week up to then.That was a rise of almost 35 per cent on the week before.
There were also 12 deaths recorded on June 2 - though earlier in the week, the UK recorded the first day without any Covid deaths since March 2020.
PM Boris Johnson insists that there is ‘nothing in the data at the moment’ to prevent Covid-19 restrictions being lifted as planned on June 21. But experts remain divided over the issue.