Coronavirus: More than 12,000 new cases announced after technical issue increases figure

The figure, which was recorded as of 9am on Saturday, brings the total number of confirmed cases to 480,017 but a technical glitch may mean that the actual daily figure is somewhat smaller.The government said that, due to a technical issue, there had been a delay in publishing a number of cases in England, meaning the total reported over the coming days will include some additional cases from the period between 24 September and 1 October.The technical issue has now been fixed, they added, but it