Covid cases fell in every local authority in England last week, official data shows — as experts finally agreed that infections are definitely declining.
Latest UK Health Security Agency figures showed outbreaks receded in all 149 council areas for the week ending February 6. This has only happened twice before, once during the week to July 25 — when Delta was fizzling out — and again in January this year — after the huge Omicron peak.
The biggest falls in