One of the worst weekends ever as more than 700 new Covid cases are confirmed in Milton Keynes

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jan 2021, 06:27 BST
Updated 4th Jan 2021, 06:56 BST
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The weekend saw hundreds more Covid cases emerge in MK.

Over the two days before the new term in schools was originally meant to start, 718 people tested positive for the virus..

Some 348 of these cases were confirmed on Saturday and 370 on Sunday.

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There have been no new deaths in the city for several days now but 193 people are ill enough to be in MK hospital, with six of them needed ventilation.

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718 new cases in MK this weekend

The total number of cases in MK since the start of the pandemic now stands at 11,203 and the city's death toll is 256.

Milton Keynes was last week chosen as one of the country's high risk areas where primary school pupils will not return as planned today (Monday).

Secondary schools also will not fully open until January 18.

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