UK Also Surpasses 10,000 New Daily COVID-19 Cases

▲Boris Johnson, UK Foreign Secretary. (AP=Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The United Kingdom has also seen its daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) exceed 10,000 for the first time ever.

According to the UK BBC and other sources, on the 3rd (local time), the number of new COVID-19 cases in the UK rose by 12,872 in one day, bringing the total to 480,017. The death toll also increased by 49, reaching a total of 42,317.

The UK government explained that this surge in new cases is due to the inclusion of results that were missing between the 24th of last month and the 1st of this month. However, concerns are growing as the number of new cases has been steadily increasing since the end of August, nearly doubling in a single day.

Since the end of August, the UK government has been strengthening measures in some regions due to the resurgence of new cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also appeared on BBC and said, "It will be tough until Christmas, and it could be tough beyond that."

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