In a promotion funded by Calderdale Council, Phil Mearns rides his ad bike displaying advice on how to slow the spread of the coronavirus through the streets of Halifax in northern England on August 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are reimposed du
LONDON: Britain reported 1,062 new positive tests for coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily rise in new COVID-19 infections since late June, at a time of new local lockdowns in some areas and worries over a second wave of infections.
Official data showed 1,062 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, going over the 1,000 new daily cases mark for the first time since June, and 304 higher than the 758 new cases reported on Saturday.