The UK’s daily Covid cases have risen by a tenth in a week but deaths fell for the fourth day in a row, as former vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi claims Britain will be the first country to overcome the virus.
Another 44,917 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, an increase of 13.1 per cent on the 39,705 cases registered last Monday, according to the Government’s Covid dashboard.
Cases have been trending upwards for the past fortnight after schools