One in 33 is infected with the virus in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Around 1.9m people - roughly 3% of the population - would have tested positive in the week to 30 April - more than 923,000 fewer than the week before.
It is the largest week-on-week drop in the number of infections since the ONS survey began in July 2020."We continue to see a considerable reduction in infections across the UK, with rates at their lowest level in England since the start of the year," said Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Outputs for the COVID-19 Infection Survey.The figures are an estimate, based on testing thousands of people at random in households across the UK.
They provide the most accurate picture of Covid infection since free testing for the public came to an end in England and Scotland. Some free testing will continue in Wales and Northern Ireland until the end of June.One in 40 in Northern Ireland has Covid shows the number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid continues to fall.
Figures had risen from about 1,100 a day in mid-February to nearly 2,400 by the end of March, but they have since dropped to about 1,063 admissions each day.More on this story
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