Hancock says UK hit 100,000 tests amid claims tally is artificially boosted
Government now counting ordered or posted home testing kits even before sample taken
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The UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, has said the government has gone well past its goal of 100,000 tests a day to combat coronavirus, but faced claims that the number had been artificially inflated.
In his press briefing on Friday at 5pm, Hancock said in the 24 hours up to 9am on Friday there were 122,347 tests in the UK, a significant rise on Thursday’s figure of 81,611.
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