Daily number of lab-confirmed infections reported as 24,950, the lowest in more than three weeks
Coronavirus infections in the UK have fallen for the sixth consecutive day, with 24,950 lab-confirmed cases reported. It is the lowest daily figure in more than three weeks.
Hospital admission and occupancy rates – which tend to reflect the infection rates around two weeks before – have risen over the last week, with the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in England passing 5,000 for the first time since mid-March.
