The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK has increased by 300,000 to 3.8 million in a single week, figures revealed on Friday.
At least 3.1 million people in England contracted the virus in the week to July 13 - up from 2.9 million the previous week. That means an estimated one in 17 people in England had the virus last week - compared to one in 19 the previous week.