Britain on Sunday reported the lowest daily death toll in months as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus is steadily showing a slight increase for a week.
As of Sunday morning, 36 newly reported deaths brought the tally to 41,698, the worst death toll in Europe and the third worst globally after the US and Brazil.
BRITS ARE GETTING READY TO BACK TO WORK
The daily number of infections climbed to 1,514 from 1,003 in four days despite the lower number of tests at the weekend.
The government reported more than 170,000 tests last Wednesday, however the same figure released on Sunday is almost 145,000.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday announced “probably” fewer than one in 1,000 people now has coronavirus in the UK, hinting that the possibility to come in contact with someone who is infected is now lower.
Speaking during a visit to a shopping mall in east London, Johnson said the dropping figures would provide the government with “more margin for manoeuvre” in easing the two-meter social-distancing rule as calls have been made to reduce it to 1 or 1.5 meter as many restaurants and shops are preparing to reopen for business.
As most of the shops will reopen from Monday, millions of Brits are getting ready to go back to work.