Covid-19 cases have jumped by 30 per cent in the UK as three million are thought to have come down with the virus.
Infections are still rising but the autumn wave has slowed according to the Zoe Health Study which uses testing and symptom data from millions of participating app users.
The Zoe study puts new daily Covid infections at 235,400, a rise of around 5% in the last week. The previous week had seen an increase of 27%.