Streatham Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says the rising cases show a “total policy failure” and “nothing short of a full lockdown” will bring it down.

The number of new coronavirus cases in the UK has hit another record high - of 58-thousand-784.

There have been 384-thousand positive tests in the past 7 days - up 50 percent on the previous week.

407 more deaths of people with Covid-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours.