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LIVE: Boris Johnson to lead Downing Street briefing amid rising coronavirus cases

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  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to lead a briefing at 5pm
  • There have been 7,108 new cases of coronavirus reported in the UK today, bringing the total to 453,264.
  • It comes a day after the number of cases passed 7,000 on Tuesday, with a total of 7,143 - it was the highest number of daily cases since mass testing began

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