New UK Covid-19 cases falling week-by-week
The UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has revealed that the UK’s week to week data shows the number of new cases fell by 109 while nationwide 38 people died in the last 24 hours.
The UK is also edging towards seven million tests completed including more than 93,000 that were carried out or posted out yesterday – well below the government’s target of 200,000.
He also noted what was described as “important progress on the week before” to steadily bring the incidence of coronavirus down.
The Foreign Secretary said: “Today, we had 1,056 new cases. There are 395 people in critical care. And 38 people have very sadly died.
“I think it’s also worth noting the week on week data, which compares Friday 5 June with Friday 12 June, just to give a sense of the trend and the progress we are making.
“There were 109 fewer daily cases. There were 161 fewer patients in critical care in our hospitals. And 155 fewer deaths.
“That’s important progress on the week before as we continue, step by step, and week by week, to bring the incidence of coronavirus down.
“In addition, as of today, there have been 6,866,481 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out or posted out in the UK. This includes 93,163 tests carried out or posted out yesterday.
“This is the progress, the evidence, the basis, on which we are able to progress along the roadmap, which the Prime Minister set out on 11 May.
“We’re taking steady steps at each stage and our progress is based on strict conditions, and we’re very carefully monitoring the virus.
“Thanks to the hard work of the British people, that we’ve seen the level of the virus brought down substantially.”
Mr Raab said crucial work to make sure the UK was not sliding back with the number of infections was also under close review.
“At the same time, we’re watching the impact of every change that we make very closely so that we can monitor the trends and make sure that every step we take is as safe as possible,” he said.
