High Covid infection levels and cases ‘mean UK is running hot on managing virus’

The rate of new cases of the virus is currently rising in the UK, suggesting the sharp fall in Covid-19 cases that had been underway since mid-July has now come to an end.

Covid case rates are rising and infection levels remain high. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

High levels of coronavirus infection and rising case rates have led to a warning the UK is “running hot” when it comes to managing the spread of the disease.

With infection prevalence in England at around 25 times higher than the same time last year, an expert said the current situation is “an early sense of what living with Covid-19 looks like”.