UK says COVID cases down 4.6% in past week
Britain reported 1,712 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, government data showed, meaning there were 17,063 new cases between April 19 and 25, a fall of 4.6% compared with the previous seven days.
A further 11 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day decrease to 12.6%.
A total of 33.67 million people had received a first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus and 12.59 million people had received a second dose.
