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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Aletha Adu

Covid restrictions could return if soaring cases affect NHS backlog, minister says

Covid restrictions could be reintroduced if the rising number of cases impacts the NHS backlog, a minister admitted today.

The number of Brits hospitalised in England has reached its highest level in almost three months, with 13,336 patients in hospital as of 8am on July 11.

At least 2.7 million people in private households are thought to have had Covid-19 over the last week, according to official statistics.

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