Nearly 560,000 people have tested positive for Covid in the past week in the UK, with new hotspots emerging.
Latest Department of Health figures show there have been 558,732 confirmed cases in seven days - but this is a decrease of almost 45,000 on the previous week's figure.
The number of people in hospital with the virus has risen, with more than 15,600 admissions in the past week, although NHS bosses say Covid was not the primary cause in more than half of cases.
