A government
source told Sky News that the figure will be reduced from 30 but the new number
is still being deliberated on.
The maximum
number of people who can legally gather in a house in England is set to be
reduced in a bid to stop COVID-19 spike.
This comes
after 2,948 cases of Coronavirus were reported on Monday, the highest number
since 22 May.
Under the
government's current guidance, only groups from two different households are
allowed to socialise indoors. But the law says gatherings of 30 people are
illegal and £100 fines can be issued for breaches, rising to £3,200 for
subsequent offenders, according to Sky News.
Prof Jonathan
Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical, warned on Monday that cases are rising
because people have "relaxed too much".
Concerns have
also been raised ahead of the new university year beginning this month and next
with students preparing to travel across the country.
Robert
Jenrick, the housing secretary, told Sky News students should "exercise a
degree of caution... particularly when they go home and see their elderly
relatives".
He added
young people should use an "added degree of common sense this
autumn".
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