Britain's COVID-19 cases up by nearly 41% over past week
[1/2] A medical worker takes a swab sample following a spike in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visitors of a pub in Stone, Britain, July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Britain has reported 46,558 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Tuesday, meaning the rise in cases between July 14 and July 20 stood at 40.7% compared with the previous seven days.
A further 96 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19.
A total of 46.35 million people had received a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus by July 19 and 36.24 million people had received a second dose.
Writing by William Schomberg
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