Claim: As of 2 November, case numbers are spiking.
Fact-check: Why are media outlets reporting the Covid epidemic is escalating? - Full Fact
Verdict: at this point, new infections in the uk were falling. the total number of people with covid-19, as opposed to newly diagnosed people, may have still been increasing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-11-05T00:00:00