Boris Johnson has announced that the further easing of lockdown restrictions due tomorrow has been postponed for at least two weeks.
The easing of lockdown rules on August 1 had included allowing small wedding receptions and the reopening of bowling alleys and casinos.
It comes after Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who announced new lockdown restrictions late on Thursday, said test and trace data has shown "most of the transmission is happening between households" in Greater Manchester, parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Households there have now been banned from meeting indoors to curb the spread of the virus.
In other news, the UK coronavirus death toll has risen by 120, bringing the total to 46,119. But figures from the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 56,400 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
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