UK records more than 21,000 new COVID cases on Tuesday

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers with a patient in Streatham, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Britain recorded 21,331 new cases of COVID-19, daily government statistics showed on Tuesday, up from the 18,804 reported the previous day.

There were 241 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, compared to 80 reported on Monday.

FILE PHOTO: People walk on the street in a village which is divided by a river from some 40 cottages on the north side where higher restrictions due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak are in place, in Staithes, Britain October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, writing by Andy Bruce; editing by Stephen Addison)