COVID CASES FALL AS UK REGISTERS 26,144 NEW VIRUS CASES AND 71 MORE DEATHS IN 24 HOURS
COVID cases have declined, with the UK reporting 26,144 new cases today and 71 more deaths in the last 24-hour period.
Yesterday 29,622 coronavirus infections and 68 deaths were reported and 31,795 cases and 28 deaths were reported around this time last week.
Meanwhile, 35,773 people received their first dose of a Covid vaccine yesterday, bringing the overall total to 46,811,298.
And 164,295 had their second jab, which means 38,126,702 are now fully inoculated.
It comes as a government expert has warned that the drop in case rates over the past week could be explained by people refusing to get tested in order to avoid having to self-isolate. Professor Robert West, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviors (Spi-B), which advises ministers, said this could be a factor in the difference between the high infection rate in the UK and the decrease in daily positive cases.
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