Health secretary claims the UK is winning battle against Covid-19 with no new fatalities from the virus in Scotland or London
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The UK daily total of positive Covid-19 tests has hit its lowest level since the end of March as just 1205 more people contracted the virus, according to health secretary Matt Hancock.
The country’s seven-day rolling average is also continuing to fall in what Mr Hancock said was evidence that “we are winning the battle” with Covid-19 as neither Scotland nor London reported any new fatalities yesterday.
Earlier, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed that Scotland had, for the second day in a row, recorded no fatalities among those who have been tested for coronavirus, though she cautioned that recorded deaths are typically lower over the weekend.
Mr Hancock said: “The number of confirmed cases with a positive test yesterday was 1205 and that is the lowest since the end of March, and you can clearly see the seven-day rolling average also continuing to fall."
He said the R-number – an indication of the rate of infection – is below one across all regions of England
“I am glad to be able to report also that the number of reported deaths in London hospitals yesterday was zero and likewise in Scotland there were no recorded deaths, so that is very good news for the capital and for Scotland,” he said.
