UK Covid cases fall below 25,000, latest daily data shows
The number of latest Covid cases reported within the UK has now fallen below 25,000 the uk kecorded 24,950 new infections on Monday - a drop of 15,000 on 39,950 cases every week ago the number of latest cases fell for a sixth day during a row - the primary time since November, during England's second national lockdown.
But immunologist Prof Peter Openshaw said while he was "cautiously pleased," further daily data would show if it had been a sustained fall or a "just a blip".
Prof Openshaw, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "It is exciting to ascertain those rather encouraging figures, but there are some delays in reporting the figures and we're still expecting the complete data to be released b...