The British government says more than 53,000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with coronavirus, as it has set a new record.

Iran PressEurope: This is the highest rate of coronavirus disease since mid-2020 when the UK began public tests, Reuters reported.

New statistics show a large increase over yesterday when London reported 4,385 people being infected with Covid-19.

According to new statistics, the number of new people who have had a Covid-19 for the first time in the last 28 days and who have lost their lives has reached 414. This number was 357 people yesterday.

The UK and Italy are the two countries with the highest death toll from coronavirus infection in Europe. The British Minister of Health recently announced the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus that mutates and spreads faster which greatly raised concerns leading to new restrictions. 219