A further 113 UK coronavirus deaths have been announced today, with 36,572 new cases.
It is up on last Thursday when 94 deaths and 33,074 cases were recorded.
Even though infections are still high, they are way lower than some thought they would be after restrictions were relaxed on Freedom Day.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid even suggested they could reach 100,000 a day, however the UK is currently recording 15 per cent fewer cases than it was on July 19 - when all Covid measures were lifted.
It comes as the Zoe Covid Study UK Infection Survey recorded a fall in infections being reported through the app.
The survey also showed that on average one in 105 people in the UK currently have symptomatic Covid.
Professor Tim Spector, lead scientist on the Zoe Covid Study app, said: "Daily cases of Covid remain stubbornly high but it's reassuring to see that unlike in previous waves, these rates aren't yet translating into high numbers of hospitalisations and deaths.
"However, seeing what is happening with increasing deaths in Israel we need to be vigilant.
"While vaccines have helped to reduce the severity of the disease, this stalling in cases suggest that we're starting to see the protection provided by vaccines waning, meaning more fully vaccinated people could be infected in the future.
"With children in Scotland heading back to the classrooms this week, and cases starting to rise again there, we'll be keeping a close eye in the numbers.
"As in the past, steep rises in cases have been closely associated with the return to school. Now many more young people have been infected by Covid-19.
"We're hoping this immunity will lead to a lower spike in cases following the summer holidays than in the past.
"If there is another big wave of infections, it will raise the hotly debated topic of whether we will vaccinate more children to try and achieve herd immunity or re-vaccinate older adults whose immunity is waning."
Meanwhile the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) met today to discuss who should get a third dose of vaccine this winter.
But the experts are waiting for more trial results, due between now and the end of the month, before making their final recommendation.
It’s understood no final announcement on who will get boosters is due before the start of September at the earliest, and it is possible it could come later in the month.
That is despite NHS England’s initial “core planning scenario”, published on July 1, hoping to roll out booster jabs between September 6 and December 17.
A source close to the committee brushed off claims of a delay, pointing out the JCVI had never set a date for its final advice.
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But another source close to the experts admitted it was “hard to say” whether advice would be ready by early September.
They said: “Logistics people badly want and need a plan. But obviously it is important to figure out whether people actually need it and if so who.”
A further source told The Guardian: “The jury is still very much out on what happens.
“One of the consistent things we have found is that when we undertake clinical trials, the results can be surprising.”
