UK Confirms 54% Increase in COVID-19 Cases

The United Kingdom reported on June 26, 2021, the greatest number of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections since February 2021. Between June 20, 2021, and June 26, 2021, 98,460 people had a confirmed positive test result. The new data indicates an increase of 54% compared to the previous 7 days.

This map has been updated to show where in the UK new COVID-19 cases are being confirmed. The vast majority of cases and related fatalities were confirmed in England.

Public Health England confirmed in its weekly update that the Delta variant now makes up 95% of sequenced COVID-19 cases.

Additionally, the UK's health minister, Matt Hancock, resigned his post.

Hancock posted a video on Twitter that stated, "I understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why I have got to resign."