Britain’s daily Covid cases have fallen by 28 per cent in a week, official figures revealed today as crowds flocked to parks and beaches amid the second day of record-breaking March heat.
Department of Health bosses posted 4,052 lab-confirmed cases and another 43 fatalities – down 56 per cent on last Wednesday.
The vaccination drive also dished out more second doses than first shots for the first time since it was launched in December, after 270,526 were administered compared to 224,590. Ministers had warned they would need to start dishing out second doses en masse as the clock ticks down…