Health Secretary Matt Hancock is to make an important statement giving an update on the coronavirus situation in the UK.
The minister will make an “important statement” providing a coronavirus update at 5pm in the House of Commons, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told MPs.
The exact nature of the statement has yet to be revealed, but comes in the week face coverings were made mandatory in shops in England.
It also comes as the Government reviews the local lockdown in Leicester and as a total of 34,990 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in England have had their cases transferred to the NHS Test and Trace contact tracing system since its launch, according to figures from the Department of Health and Social Care.
Of this total, 26,742 people (76.4%) were reached and asked to provide details of recent contacts, while 7,124 (20.4%) were not reached.
A further 1,124 people (3.2%) could not be reached because their communication details had not been provided.
The figures cover the period May 28 to July 8.
