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Health Secretary Matt Hancock is speaking after Covid infection rates rocketed in London
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock is speaking in the House of Commons to give an update on the coronavirus situation in the UK.
Mr Hancock is speaking on Monday afternoon after it was confirmed that London will be placed into Tier Three.
The tier levels in England are not due to be reviewed until later this week but the Government is believed to have convened a special meeting on Monday morning to discuss the worsening situation.
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock is due to give a live TV address at a Downing Street press conference on Monday evening.
The briefing will come after Mr Hancock explains what he is going to say in the House of Commons at 3.30pm.
The announcement comes as coronavirus rates rocket across the country and amid speculation that some areas could see their tier level increased today.
Tiers are not supposed to be reviewed until later in the week but rates are rising so rapidly that more immediate action may be needed.
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Coronavirus hospital admissions have begun to rise again after the second national lockdown ended last week, official figures show – after it emerged that more than 10,000 people acquired the disease when they were being treated in hospital for other illnesses.
Data released by the Department for Health indicated that the average number of hospital admissions stood at 1,262 for England on Sunday – up three per cent from the week before.
The growth in hospitalisations was mainly drive by increases in London, which is teetering on the brink of being moved from Tier 2 to the at most risk Tier 3 restrictions that would decimate the City s economy. The East of England, the South East and the Midlands also all experienced a rise in admissions that pushed the national seven-day average up.