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UK COVID cases jump to 22,961 after technical glitch

Reuters WORLD
Published October 05,2020
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Britain's Royal Opera House plans to sell a portrait by David Hockney in a bid to raise funds, as it suffers from the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)     

Britain reported 22,961 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, up from 12,872 a day earlier, but authorities said the jump was partly due to a technical problem that had caused the transfer of more than 15,000 test results into computer systems to be delayed.