The UK has recorded another 41,270 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours - down from 46,025 on Saturday.
A further 52 people have died with the virus, down from 167 yesterday.
Last Sunday saw a total 54,095 new cases and 75 deaths - meaning there were 30 percent fewer fatalities today.
An average 101,000 daily infections were recorded from January 16 to 22, according to the government's Covid-19 dashboard.
Meanwhile the seven day average was more than 200,000 at the start of 2022.
Case numbers have followed a downward trend overall since the latest peak over New Year.
This was on January 4 which recorded 273,491 new daily infections, according to the data by specimen date.
But there is still a high presence of coronavirus across the country with cases still well above pre-Christmas levels.
Around one in 19 people in private households in England had Covid-19 in the week to February 5, or 2.8 million people - up from one in 20, or 2.6 million people, in the week to January 29.
The latest figures from Friday show 52,491,142 people have had their first vaccine dose and 52,491,142 people have had their second dose.
A total 37,724,528 people have also had a booster shot.
