AdvertisementThe number of people infected with coronavirus in England has fallen for the first time in three months, official data revealed today in a promising sign that the second wave has peaked. The statisticians usually publish the number weekly and last Friday said there were 38,900 daily cases in the week to November 14. 'There is further good news in that the number of daily new hospital admissions are falling and the number of people in intensive care has levelled off. It is not unalloyed good news, the ONS data suggest that some areas of the country prevalence may have increased. North West, North East, East Midlands and West Midlands all have higher infection rates than the England average, which was around 1.2 per cent.

Source: Daily Mail November 26, 2020 10:52 UTC