Delta variant cases doubling every 4.5 days in parts of England, PHE says

The mobile Covid vaccination centre at the ESSA academy in Bolton (Danny Lawson/PA)

Cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus first identified in India are estimated to be doubling every four and a half days in parts of England, new data suggests.

Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday that 42,323 cases of the Delta variant that originated in India have been confirmed in the UK, up by 29,892 from last week.