Britain records 16,703 Covid cases in highest daily toll since start of FEBRUARY - but hospitalisations FALL and deaths barely change
Department of Health bosses posted 16,703 positive tests in Britain — up 51.7 per cent on the week before
But the spike in infections has been mainly fuelled by a huge up-tick in cases in Scotland, figures suggest
There were nearly 3,000 Covid infections in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the largest toll ever in a single day
Rapid rise has been blamed by officials in England and Scotland on huge testing blitz, not a sudden outbreak
But figures showing two-thirds of cases between age 15 and 44 are men has led to some to blame the Euros
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