Hope for Christmas get-togethers were given a major boost today as the daily number of coronavirus infections and deaths fell by 15 and 11 per cent in a week and Boris Johnson said his priority was to reunite families over the festive period. Britain recorded 19,609 new Covid-19 cases today, down from 2.2 per cent on the 20,051 announced yesterday and 14.6 per lower than the 22,950 figure last Wednesday. There were also 529 fatalities in the last 24 hours, which is 11.5 per cent less than the 598 on Tuesday and 11.1 per cent smaller than the 595 a week ago. It is hoped the week-on-week drop signals the national lockdown is starting to take effect, after getting off to a rocky start last week when infections continued to climb despite the tough curbs. Dr Susan Hopkins, a senior doctor at Public Health England, revealed she was ‘very keen’ to give Britons a ‘normal’ Christmas after a tumultuous year that has seen families kept apart for months on end. There were reports overnight that ministers were mulling over loosening restrictions between December 24 and 28. Government chiefs are also said to be considering proposals which would allow family ‘bubbles’ of up… Read full this story
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