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The UK government has updated the testing figures on its dashboard. And there has been a huge rise in the number of coronavirus cases.
Public Health England has published its weekly Covid surveillance report (pdf). It covers the week up to 8 November (last Sunday).
Here are some of the key charts from the report.
This week’s #COVID19 surveillance report showed that case rates have increased across all age groups.
See the data for yourself: https://t.co/a6mN93iPod pic.twitter.com/fTAzmcwsX8
#COVID19 case rates remain highest across Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West and the North East.
Find out more in our weekly surveillance report: https://t.co/8dYt9zEVk9 pic.twitter.com/oyuyFlcZbC
Hospital admissions rates for #COVID19 are now highest in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the East Midlands.
Read more: https://t.co/8dYt9zEVk9 pic.twitter.com/ClzjXtleOe
Our weekly surveillance report also shows that hospital admission rates for #COVID19 remain highest, and have increased in, people over the age of 85.
Read the report here: https://t.co/8dYt9zEVk9 pic.twitter.com/xJuVzZfwK2
