Britain records FEWEST daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight as officials announce 18,950 more positive tests and 136 deaths
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Britain today recorded the fewest daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight offering more proof that the crisis is slowing down and isn’t spiralling out of control.
Department of Health figures show another 18,950 people tested positive for the disease — down 9.3 per cent in a week and the lowest since Monday, October 19 (18,804).
Top scientists claimed the data suggests England’s three-tier lockdown approach was actually working by cutting down the speed of growth in the North. But one infectious disease expert warned that testing may have reached capacity or there has been another ‘glitch’, skewing the actual daily figures.
The UK also saw another 136 coronavirus deaths — up 33.3 per cent on the 102 lab-confirmed fatalities posted last week.
It comes as Boris Johnson today begged Tories to keep faith in his Covid-19 strategy as he defended his plan to plunge England into a fresh national lockdown. Furious Conservatives have branded the policies ‘unimaginable’ and compared the actions to that of a ‘totalitarian regime.
In a statement to the Commons, the Prime Minister insisted cases were surging so high there was ‘no alternative’ to the month-long blanket restrictions across England. He said otherwise the death toll could be double that in the previous peak.
