It comes as Britain's Covid infection figures yesterday dropped by 30 per cent week-on-week to 5,947 in the latest sign the UK is finally bringing the virus under control. The figures, shared by Public Health England, were also down from Thursday, when 6,543 Covid cases were recorded. His comments came after an array of official data revealed Covid cases are falling rapidly, fuelling calls for No10 to relax lockdown measures sooner. However, the Government's advisory panel yesterday claimed that the R rate has crept up for the first time since January. The R rate was lowest in London, the East of England, the South East and the South West (0.6 to 0.8).

Source: The Nation March 06, 2021 15:00 UTC