There have been 41,385 new confirmed coronavirus infections within the UK as of Monday, the UK authorities knowledge confirmed, per Reuters. This studying adopted Sunday’s improve of 30,501.

Additional particulars of the every day replace revealed that there have been 357 COVID-19-related fatalities on Monday, in comparison with 316 on Sunday.

Market response

The GBP/USD pair continues to edge decrease through the American buying and selling hours and was final seen buying and selling at 1.3447, the place it was down 0.75% every day. Within the meantime, the UK’s FTSE 00 Index is little modified at 6,502.