Coronavirus: Daily infections in England fell 18% to 38,900 last week

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England’s coronavirus outbreak DID slow down in the first full week of lockdown as ONS estimates daily infections dropped 18% to 38,900

  • Office for National Statistics’s weekly report admits infections are now ‘levelling off’ in England
  • The total size of the outbreak remains bigger than at any point on record because of weeks of fast increase
  • A total 664,700 people were thought to be infected with coronavirus in the week from November 8 to 14 
  • SAGE is expected to publish an updated estimate of the R rate this afternoon, after it fell towards 1 last week 

By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline

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