London, Jul 9, 2021, SPA -- Britain on Friday said there had been 54,268 new cases of the Delta variant in the week to July 7, a slight rise on the 50,824 new cases reported the previous week. The total number of cases of the variant reported was 216,249, a 32% increase from last week, Reuters reported. --SPA 14:16 LOCAL TIME 11:16 GMT 0013 www.spa.gov.sa/w1582894