The health authorities in the United Kingdom announced the highest rate of infection with the Corona virus since January 30, as the authorities recorded about 22,868 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in just one day.
This sudden rise in new cases of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom is due to the spread of a new mutated Coronavirus known as Delta, where infections increased during the past week by about 70% compared to the same in the previous week. Thus, the rate of cases in the United Kingdom within seven days per 100,000 people was about 134.3, which is the highest rate of cases in the last five months.
Despite this rise in the number of people infected with the Coronavirus again and the spread of the new mutation in various regions in the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said yesterday, Monday, that it is still possible that the closure restrictions imposed in the country for more than a year will be eased. To contain the Coronavirus, as scheduled.