Britain records six Covid deaths and daily infections fall 30% in a week to 2,064 – as figures show 12.9m Brits have now been given both vaccine doses
- Daily cases and deaths tend to be lower on Mondays because it is after the weekend when fewer people work
- But week-on-week comparisons show cases are still falling two weeks after England eased restrictions
- More than 33.6million Britons have received a first dose, and 12.5million have got their second dose
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Britain today recorded six coronavirus deaths as the daily number of victims remained in single digits for the third time in a month, official figures showed.
Health chiefs also posted another 2,064 Covid cases, down by almost a third from the previous week.
And more than 33.7million Britons have now received their first dose of the vaccine, after a further 142,215 of these shots were dished out on Saturday. And 12.9million have got both jabs, with another 498,430 administered.
Cases and deaths data tend to be lowest on Mondays, because they are after the weekend when fewer people were available to process Covid swabs and fatalities paperwork.
The falling cases come two weeks after England eased lockdown restrictions to allow pubs and restaurants to reopen for outdoor service, and shops and gyms to again raise the shutters.
Experts say it takes up to two weeks for someone who has been infected with the virus to develop symptoms of the virus, get a positive test and self-isolate.
But the continued drop will likely add more fuel to calls for Boris Johnson to speed up his ultra-cautious roadmap out of lockdown, which currently will not see people able to dine indoors or go abroad until May 17.
It comes as scientists today urged younger Britons to step up and get their Covid vaccines when they are offered, to ensure the UK never has to declare another lockdown, amid reports the drive could start offering the jabs to over-30s in weeks.
The Prime Minister ruled out an inquiry into the pandemic ‘for months’, telling bereaved families the Government is too busy dealing with the outbreak to divert resources to the probe.
And the European Union announced it was suing AstraZeneca for an alleged breach in the terms of its contract, which it claims left the bloc trailing behind the US and UK in its rollout.
Britain’s Covid cases fell by almost a third compared today compared to last Monday after 2,064 were recorded. England eased restrictions two weeks ago to allow pubs and restaurants to again serve customers outdoors
Covid deaths remained in single digits for the third day this month after another six were recorded. Although this was up on the same time last week, it was far below the darkest days of January when there were almost 1,000 fatalities a day
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