Public Health England says the unreported cases were added to Saturday's and Sunday's statistics, meaning they were "artificially high".

The virus is a major cause of liver cancer and can lead to people needing a liver transplant.

The first minister warns that fresh measures "may well be needed" in Scotland "in the near future".

Quarantine restrictions are considered after the prime minister declined to impose a travel ban.

Paris becomes the second French city to order bars to close again as infections continue to rise.

Close contacts of the positive cases could have been unknowingly spreading the infection for days.

People who have experienced long-lasting coronavirus symptoms talk about losing their sense of taste and smell.

More than 35m infections have been confirmed but the real figure could apparently be closer to 800m.