COVID-19 cases in Milton Keynes have rapidly increased today (28/6), as the UK has seen the highest number of new cases since 30th January.
There were 74 new cases in Milton Keynes today, which takes the total number of cases to 21,155 since the start of the pandemic.
293 local people have tested positive in the past seven days - a number that has been rising each day.
The 7-day case rate in Milton Keynes now stands at 69.4 cases per 100,000 people, which is still below the national average of 134.3 cases per 100,000 people.
Nationally, there was an additional 22,868 people who tested positive yesterday. This is the highest figure recorded since 30th January.
Three deaths were also recorded within 28 days of a positive test - none of these took place in Milton Keynes meaning the city's death toll remains at 463 since the start of the pandemic.
Five patients are being treated for COVID-19 at Milton Keynes Hospital, although none of these are on ventilators.
The recent increase in cases has been put down to the highly transmissible Indian variant, which now accounts for most of the new cases being recorded.
It has since resulted in the Government delaying the final easing of restrictions by four weeks, now due to take place on July 19th.
By doing this, the Government hopes it will be able to give one vaccine dose to every UK adult and give both doses to 2/3 of the adult population by the time restrictions ease.
174,077 local people have had their first dose of the vaccine so far and 117,212 people are now fully vaccinated.
Over 18s can now book their vaccine appointment, and you can do so here.
