Covid-19 has now been detected in 57 separate regions around Britain, with 45 places in England, 6 in Scotland and 6 in Wales.
The coronavirus mutation was first detected in the UK at the end of September but after monitoring the strain, the Government discovered it is up to 70% more transmissible than the virus.In response, the Prime Minister was forced to cancel Christmas celebrations and plunge London, south East England and parts of the east into Tier 4 less than a week before the festivities began.Locations in Liverpool, Leicester, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds Oxford, Coventry and Cambridge have now identified the strain in the regions.Scotland also detected the mutation around Glasgow while cases in Swansea, Newport and.