UK records over 10,000 virus cases for first time since February

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UK records over 10,000 virus cases for first time since February

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread of the more contagious delta variant....

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