including Greater Manchester - are now under extra local restrictions in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19. There has been a sharp rise in the number of confirmed cases across the country in the past two days, with almost 6,000 reported.The weekly rate of new coronavirus cases has now risen above 20 per 100,000 people - the rate at which the government considers imposing quarantine measures on people arriving from abroad.However, hospital admissions and the daily death toll have remained low.Two further deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded on Monday, taking the total number of UK deaths to 41,551.Public health officials have suggested the recent surge in positive cases has been primarily among the younger.