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Britain's COVID-19 cases up 72 percent in past week
A further 22 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day rise to just under 11 percent.
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A pedestrian passes the Sondheim Theatre in central London, one of the many Britain's theatres reopening this week after a year of closure due to the pandemic. (AFP/Niklas Halle'n)
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ritain reported 27,989 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Thursday, the highest number since Jan. 25 and taking the rise in cases between June 25 and July 1 to nearly 72 percent compared with the previous seven days.
A further 22 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day rise to just under 11 percent.
A total of 44.9 million people had received a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus by June 30 and 33.0 million people had received a second dose
Read also: Two doses of vaccine seems to curb Delta variant: EMA
Meanwhile, a night-time curfew from 11 p.m. will be imposed in several Portuguese municipalities, including the capital Lisbon and in the city of Porto, as COVID-19 infections continue to rise, the government announced on Thursday.
"We are not in any circumstances to claim that the pandemic is in control," Cabinet Minister Mariana Silva Vieira told a news conference.
