Britain records 33,470 new Covid-19 cases as infections jump 38.6% in a week – even though several different estimates say outbreak has slowed

By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline

Published: 16:37 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 16:42 GMT, 12 November 2020

Britain today announced another 33,470 positive coronavirus cases – 39 per cent more than last Thursday – despite indicators showing the outbreak is slowing down. 

The case count is the highest since the Covid-19 outbreak began and comes a week after England’s second national lockdown started.

Unofficial statistics, however, suggest that the country’s outbreak had already started to slow down and shrink before the lockdown began on November 5.

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