Cases are falling, but not as fast as before

THERE may be signs England’s lockdown is working – but cases are not falling fast enough to relax restrictions, experts say.

The latest infection survey by Imperial College London estimates that one in 64 people were infected from January 6 to 22.

Scientists said infections appeared to plateau, followed by a “shallow decline” from the middle of the month.

Prof Paul Elliott, chair in epidemiology and public health medicine at Imperial, said: “We need to keep an eye on what’s happening – even though we’re seeing this suggestion of a downtick, it’s by no means as fast as we saw in lockdown one.”