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London 'needs to go into Tier 3' to prevent deadly Christmas Covid surge, expert warns
London will need to go into Tier 3 in order to stop coronavirus deaths from surging over Christmas, an expert says.Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the capital, which was placed into Alert Level Tier 2 when England came out of lockdown last week. Between November 26 and December 2, 15,200 Londoners tested positive for the virus according to data from Public Health England, Mirror Online reports.That's a rate of 170 cases per 100,000 population – an alarming rise from 156 cases per 100,000 the week prior.