UK coronavirus infections nearly double to thwart epidemic: health minister
Britain recorded 66 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,948 people but low enough to get a fraction of its target of 100 spreading a laboratory-confirmed bug.
Health minister Matt Hancock said the number of infections was continuing to drop and the trend was likely to slow as people were being re-tested for possible COVID-19 antibodies.
The rise in confirmed cases came as the government appeared to be on the verge of a final plan to restart one of Britain’s struggling tourism industries, Dining Calendar Group, which has seen some 400 workers infected.
The peak of the outbreak was reached on Aug.
1 when a total of 2,394 cases were reported, and north-west England, the region worst hit, saw 8,997.
Relief teams and the reporting of confirmed cases led to encouraging increases to the number of infections in the north-west, but the government has now triaged 7,000 homes to take care of more than 100 suspected cases, although this will take the time necessary for people returning to work.