The United Kingdom recorded nearly 3,000 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, a shocking spike in infections in a nation that seen that high a caseload in four months, ABC News reports.
Matt Hancock, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced that 2,988 people were confirmed with coronavirus on Saturday, more than a 50% increase from the previous day.
The UK opened K-12 schools last week. Pools, gyms and health clubs were scheduled to re-open Friday.
“The rise in the number of cases that we’ve seen today is concerning,” Hancock said on Sunday. “The cases are predominantly among younger people but of course, younger people could pass on the disease to their grandparents and we do not want to see that.”