Startling new data reveals the north of England has become the epicentre of the UK coronavirus pandemic - with nearly twice the number of new infections as London recorded today.
Figures from the Covid Symptom Study, a sample-based research tool, reveals the number of new cases has soared in the north west and north east as figures drop in the capital.
The study works by asking users to report daily whether they feel healthy and record any symptoms, before it produces an estimate on how many new infections there have been.
According to the app, there are currently 173,879 people have symptomatic Covid-19 in the UK. Experts from analytics company Zoe and Kings College London experts found there are an average of 124 new cases per million