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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Covid cases down but too soon to tell if UK has passed peak, say experts

Mourners and visitors at the Covid memorial wall in London.
Mourners and visitors at the Covid memorial wall in London. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Coronavirus infections have fallen slightly in most of the UK, figures from the Office for National Statistics show, although experts analysing the data say it is too soon to say whether infections have passed their peak.

The ONS data, which is based on swabs collected from randomly selected households, shows that in the week ending 9 April about 4.42 million people in the UK had Covid, about one in 15 people, down from one in 13 the week before.

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