The UK's critical coronavirus R rate has fallen below 1 and infections are falling in every region of the country, a new study has found.
New research suggests the epidemic is shrinking with the reproduction rate now at 0.8 amid lockdowns in every UK nation, and cases have plunged by 51 per cent in a fortnight.
The Zoe Covid Symptom Study's latest infection survey said second wave cases peaked on January 1 and hospital admissions are still high but are expected to fall next week, and deaths should start o plateau and fall soon.
But it also warned that three worst affected regions in the UK are London, Liverpool City Region, and Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in Essex.