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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dave Burke

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Uk s worst covid hotspots revealed as hospitals full and rates higher than 2020 - Caught on Camera

UK Covid cases are at their highest recorded level since the start of the pandemic, a study shows - as NHS chiefs in the UK's worst hotspots warn hospitals are full.

New figures suggest one in 16 people had the virus in the last three weeks of March - the highest since research started in May 2020.

But official Department of Health data shows the number of confirmed infections fell by nearly a third in a week - days after free lateral flow tests were scrapped across England.

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