Further evidence emerged Friday to show that the latest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. has eased, with the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 falling across most parts of the country.
In its weekly survey of the levels of infection across the U.K., the Office for National Statistics said case rates appeared to be falling in England, Scotland and Wales, though not in Northern Ireland, with the declines most noticeable among younger age groups. In England, for example, the statistics agency found that one in 75 people in private households had COVID-19 in the week to July 31, down from one in 65 in the previous week.
Despite fears among some that daily cases rates would hit 100,000 this summer as a result of the more contagious delta variant and the lifting of lockdown restrictions, infections have fallen to around 30,000 a day. That's led to a fall in the number of people requiring hospitalization for COVID symptoms.
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