UK coronavirus: Weekly average number of infections eclipses 10,000 a day for first time

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The weekly average number of coronavirus cases in the UK has eclipsed 10,000 a day for the first time.



It comes after than 12,000 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the UK in the last 24 hours.



The latest data shows a further 12,594 lab-confirmed cases have been recorded as of 9am on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 515,571.



The Government also said a further 19 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Saturday. This brings the UK total to 42,369.



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