Vanessa Chalmers, Digital Health Reporter
21 Dec 2020, 14:45
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 15:31
THE new strain of Covid is in every corner of the UK already, maps reveal, as fears of its ability to spread at a rapid rate.
Each nation has reported cases caused by the variant, which is 70 per cent more contagious than the original coronavirus type.
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How any people are estimated to have Covid caused by genes related to the new strain - ORF1ab and N genes - in each part of the UK over time
What proportion of cases are caused by the new strain?