Local health leaders blame spike in cases on Delta variant affecting unvaccinated under-25s
The north-east of England is now the nation’s Covid hotspot, with most cases among the largely unvaccinated under-25s, according to local health leaders.
Despite the infection spike, there has been “no huge increase in hospitalisations” in Newcastle, which has the highest rate of new coronavirus cases in England, said the city’s deputy director of public health, Lorna Smith.
