bring your own booze, sit in the garden at downing street where borisjohnson met me and four other bereaved families and told us to our faces, after listening to my dad s story, i did everything i could to save him . labour s deputy leader angela rayner suggested borisjohnson should step down. i think he should go. i mean, there s no excuses and it will come as no surprise that i don t think borisjohnson is up to thejob but more importantly, i think he s lost the confidence of the british public now with his lies, his deceit and his breaking of his own rules. some conservative mps say it is important to wait for the full report. we need to get to the bottom of this investigation, that s what sue gray is doing. and then if rules have been breached, people will have to suffer the consequences. meanwhile, the met police have said it s aware of the widespread reporting of alleged breaches at downing street on the 20th may and it s in contact with the cabinet office. helen catt, bbc news,
the analysis from imperial college london s react 1 study, looked at the period from 20th may to 7thjune and found that of the over 108,000 people tested, 135 were positive which is a rise from 0.1% to 0.15%. most of the cases were found among five to 12 year olds to 12 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds. the r number which is the number of people the average infected person would infect was an estimated 1.44. the analysis also suggest a strengthening link between cases and hospital admissions, which is also reflected in the government s daily data for the uk with the number of new cases beginning to rise again with a seven day average of 7,888 cases. as well as an increase in hospital admissions
with over 1,000 patients admitted in the last seven days. however daily deaths still remain low, with a weekly average of nine deaths across the uk. professor paul elliott is an epidemiologist and director of the react study at imperial college, london. hejoins us now, thank you he joins us now, thank you for joining us on bbc news. there are some positives and some concerns, would it be fair to say, take us through the main points. as you say, we did our survey between the 20th may and 17th of june, and over 100,000 people took part. what we found during that period there has been exponential growth in the virus from the quite low levels we got to in our last survey which was april may. rapid growth with the r number above one.
new data suggests that the covid epidemic in england is growing , mainly driven by younger age groups who are not yet vaccinated. the analysis from imperial college london s react i study, looked at the period from 20th may to seventh june. 0ver108,000 people were tested and 135 were positive, a rise from 0.1% to 0.15%. most of the cases were found among five to i2 year olds, and 18 to 2a year olds. the r number, which is the number of people the average person with the virus infects, was an estimated 1.44. but there has been positive news for infected people who have been vaccinated. these people were less likely to have symptoms or have a high viral load, compared with those but there has been positive news for infected people who have been vaccinated. these people were less likely to have symptoms from jabbing under 18s, although the medicines regulator has now approved the use of the pfizer
watching in the uk or around the world. new data suggests that the covid epidemic in england is growing mainly driven by younger age groups who are not yet vaccinated. the analysis from imperial college london s react 1 study looked at the period from 20th may to 7thjune and found that of the over 108,000 people tested 135 were positive which is a rise from 0.1% to 0.15%. most of the cases were found among five to 12 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds. the r number which is the number of people the average infected person would infect was an estimated 1.44. the analysis also suggest a strengthening link between cases and hospital admissions, which is also reflected in the government s daily data for the uk with the number of new cases beginning to rise again,