Positive Covid tests fell again today, both compared to yesterday and compared to last Saturday, making it the tenth day in a row reported infections have dropped week-on-week. Can we go back to normal now, please?
Boris Johnson warned today against "premature conclusions" from falling cases, saying Covid is "still a very dangerous disease". Prof Neil Ferguson disagreed, however, saying we'll soon have the pandemic "behind us".
Far from a big exit wave, as many predicted, in the week since 'Freedom Day' daily new positive tests have dropped by over a third, showing once again that the models are fundamentally flawed.
Is the recent UK surge peaking? It's hard to see it in the Government's daily 'case' numbers, but ZOE's Tim Spector says his data shows it is, and the unvaccinated are leading the way.
With the ONS reporting today that the number of people infected with COVID-19 in England has fallen to its lowest level since September, researchers at Oxford have said the UK is no longer in the midst of a pandemic.
The Spectator has added a new table to its data hub showing the current level of Covid infection in different countries around the world relative to the peak. Britain has seen the sharpest decline in the developed world.
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