Coronavirus cases in the UK have plummeted to levels that have not been seen since July 2020, new data show.
The current daily average of symptomatic infections is 1,924, according to the ZOE Covid Symptom Study, down 98 per cent from a peak of 69,000 at the start of January.
One in every 1,394 Britons currently has the virus, the study estimates, with a national R rate of 0.7 which falls to just 0.5 in Wales.
“Admissions and deaths are also continuing to decline, putting the UK in a similar place to July last year,” said Tim Spector, the lead scientist behind the study app.
“These figures are among the lowest in Europe. It’s unlikely that cases will continue to fall at this pace, but with the vaccinations programme and the weather improving, it’s likely they will remain low.”
It comes as new Test and Trace data revealed that the number of Britons testing positive for coronavirus fell to its lowest figure since September.