This is the highest number of cases since June 12

The United Kingdom recorded 1,522 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest daily government statistics  published on Thursday, the highest number since June 12 and up from 1,048 cases a day earlier.

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In the latest sign of the government

A further 12 people were recorded as having died within 28 days of their first positive test for COVID-19, taking the United Kingdom's cumulative death toll on this measure to 41,477.

Boris Johnson claims

Mr Johnson made the remark just hours after the ONS reported that England had “the highest levels of excess mortality in Europe for the period as a whole".

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