Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox New data reveals that cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in the UK have risen almost four-fold.
Public Health England figures show a total of 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of Delta variant have now been identified in the UK – up by 50,824, or 46%, on the previous week.
Of the 161,981 cases, 148,538 have been in England, 10,185 in Scotland, 1,749 in Wales and 1,509 in Northern Ireland. READ MORE: Thunderstorm weather warning for England this weekend with heavy rain forecast The Delta variant, which was first identified in India, continues to account for approximately 95% of confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK.