Downing Street and scientists remained cautious about declaring a turning point in the outbreak on Monday night despite a huge drop in Covid case numbers for the sixth day in a row. “We don’t think this is necessarily the point [at which] there’s no chance cases will go back up again,” one Whitehall health source said. Ministers want the messaging to remain one of vigilance and caution to avoid people thinking the threat of Covid is over. The connection between case numbers to more serious cases requiring hospitalisations has been weakened, it has not been eliminated,” he said. Scientists are unclear about whether the recent fall in daily cases means the infections have passed their third-wave peak.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2021 17:05 UTC