Covid-19: Palace urges crowds not to gather, and infections fall
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning. …
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggests that coronavirus cases in the UK are down to less than a sixth of the January peak. Infections were “likely level” in England and Northern Ireland in the week up to 3 April, but decreasing in Scotland and Wales, the ONS said. Meanwhile, the UK reported a further 60 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the UK total by that measure to 127,040. Another 3,150 cases have also been confirmed. On Friday, the UK reported the largest number of second vaccine doses in a single day at 449,269.