Coronavirus cases in the UK have dropped by nearly 40 per cent in a week, falling below 30,000 for the first time in two weeks.
On Sunday, Public Health England recorded 29,173 new cases, making it the fifth consecutive day cases have declined.
It is the first time cases have fallen below 30,000 since July 11, when there were 29,985 - and the lowest number since July 10 at 27,843.
It comes as travel restrictions from France look likely to be dropped next week amid the review of the government’s traffic light system.
According to reports, it is likely that the country will be removed from the ‘amber-plus’ list as government officials seemed to admit the Beta variant threat was contained.
