•’Major incident’ declared by London Mayor Sadiq Khan
•Mayor says virus spread ‘out of control’
BRITAIN on Friday recorded 1,325 more COVID-19 fatalities, its highest since the pandemic began.
The announcement came moments after London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a ‘major incident’ in respect of COVID-19 in the UK capital, saying the spread of the virus was “out of control”.
The death toll doubled within a week with infections reaching a record-high 68,053.
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Experts fear it may yet rise further because of spiraling cases leading to more hospitalisations. The figure is a 116.2 per cent jump on penultimate Friday, when 613 deaths were registered.
Friday record cases, according to the London Mail were also a 27.7 per cent rise on the same time last week, when 53,285 were recorded.
More than 50,000 infections have been registered every day for the last 11 days, meaning over half a million people have been diagnosed with the disease in less than a fortnight.
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