Britain has recorded fewer than 20,000 daily Covid cases for the second day in a row, with the latest wave still firmly in retreat.
UK Health Security Agency bosses logged another 19,795 positive tests over the last 24 hours. And another 284 Covid fatalities were registered today.
The figures cannot be compared to last week because no daily tallies were shared over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. However, the seven-day rolling average of infections has fallen by a tenth, while