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Coronavirus: Daily update
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday. We ll have another update for you on Wednesday morning.
1. Health workers back in eye of storm
NHS front-line staff are back in the eye of the storm as coronavirus cases in the UK reach record highs and hospitalisations soar, the health service s boss in England says. Sir Simon Steven describes 2020 as probably the toughest year most of us can remember , in an end-of-year message to workers. NHS England has said that the number of people being treated for the virus in hospitals in England is now 20,426, which is higher than the previous peak of just under 19,000 in April.