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The number of daily UK cases of coronavirus has risen to 1,522 in the past 24 hours - the highest tally since mid-June.

But this rise needs to be seen in context.

While any increase in cases is worrying, we are now testing more people than we did two months ago.

And it follows that the more you look for the virus, the more you will find it.

The increase in cases since early July - when the average rate was half what it is now - cannot be accounted for alone by more testing, but it is certainly a factor.

The other thing to remember is where we have come from.

At the peak of the pandemic, we were not able to conduct mass testing, so we don't know exactly how many cases there were. But the best estimates suggest there were around 100,000 new infections every day at the end of March.

It is unrealistic to expect cases to fall to zero.

What's important now is that we keep beating down the virus – and limit any increases.

That requires identifying hotspots and keeping a lid on them. All the indications are that the areas that have had extra restrictions imposed on them in recent weeks have seen a declining number of cases.

The national rise - certainly at this point - is not as alarming as it seems. But there can be no room for complacency.