New coronavirus cases in the UK have soared by 33,470 in the past 24 hours, the latest official figures released today show.
Today's figures from the Department of Health show the highest ever single day jump since the pandemic began, and a large increase on the 22,950 reported yesterday.
In recent days, new cases have been in the 20,000s. To see it go above 30,000 for the first time will spark worry of the health service being overran.
In the last seven days alone, the Department of Health officially reported 166,998 new cases. Figures for the latest number of deaths will come out sometime soon.