Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week despite 400,000 extra tests being carried out, Test and Trace data reveals Coronavirus testing in England surged by 7% last week as millions of children were swabbed at school Covid cases continued to plummet for the tenth week in a row to the lowest seen since … Read more
Britain today recorded another 5,605 coronavirus cases and 98 deaths, with both figures down on this time last week. Positive Covid tests fell by 2.7 per cent from the 5,758 infections posted last Wednesday, while fatalities plunged 30.5 per cent from 141. The positive news was accompanied by a record number of second vaccine doses … Read more
Rapid coronavirus tests may miss four in 10 asymptomatic people, a major review has concluded. Researchers who analysed 64 studies of the effectiveness of lateral flow devices found they failed to detect 42 per cent of cases who didn’t show signs of illness. The Cochrane review found the tests, which give a result in 30 … Read more
Daily Covid cases fall 3% week-on-week to 5,605 while deaths plunge 30% to 98 – with a record 170,000 second vaccine doses dished out Positive news that Covid cases remain level and low despite schools reopening and huge numbers of tests Second dose vaccinations are rising as UK meets three-month point after rollout began in … Read more
Coronavirus deaths have dramatically fallen in the United States over the past few weeks, but cases seem to have plateaued. Over the last two weeks, COVID-19-related fatalities have fallen from a seven-day rolling average of 1,752 deaths to 1,001 deaths, representing a 42 percent decline, a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins University data showed. By … Read more
Britain today recorded a slight uptick in both coronavirus cases and deaths — despite scientists hailing separate data that suggested the second wave may be over. Department of Health bosses posted 5,379 infections, which is up 1.6 per cent from last Tuesday. But cases have yet to take off amid a huge testing boost and … Read more
Coronavirus variants are continuing to spread across the United States, accounting for more and more cases. California‘s homegrown variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429, now makes up more than half of infections in the state and 20 to 40 percent of cases elsewhere. Meanwhile, the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, has spread to every single state and … Read more
Daily coronavirus cases and deaths plummeted over the weekend after holding steady for several weeks. On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 33,645 cases, which is the lowest figure seen since September 28 and a nearly five percent drop from the 53,000 cases seen the day before, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. … Read more
Germany looks set to tighten lockdown measures today and extend them into April as Europe’s Covid third wave gathers pace. Angela Merkel is meeting with Germany’s regional leaders today for a summit that was supposed to be about easing restrictions. But as Covid cases spike, leaked documents suggest the leaders will actually move to tighten … Read more
Half of Britain’s coronavirus cases are now being checked for jab-resistant variants that could derail the lockdown exit strategy. Scientists tasked with tracking the ever-evolving virus have been sequencing more than 20,000 positive swabs a week for strains since February. But fewer than 40,000 positive Covid tests were detected last week, meaning No10 is now … Read more