Daily Prevalence Rate of Coronavirus Decreased in UK

Ahmed Moamar

The Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom (UK) said on Friday that the daily prevalence of Coronavirus infection in England has decreased.

In a statement, the office said that 1 in 115 people contracted the virus last week, while the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is planning a new path outside the national lockdown.

During the previous week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated the prevalence of the disease at 1 in 80 people.

Johnson is set to lay out a roadmap to get out of England's third national lockdown, next Monday.

It should be noted that official data said that 16.4 million people in the UK received the first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine, while 573724 people took the two doses.

A study conducted by "Imperial College London" revealed that the rates of infection with Coronavirus have decreased by more than two-thirds since last January.

Earlier today, the British government reported that the number of new infections with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is shrinking by 3% to 6% every day, which is a faster rate of decline than last week.

Government data indicated that the daily growth rate of infection was estimated between -6% and -3%, compared to a rate that ranged between -5% and -2% last week.

The rate of reproduction of the virus known as "R" was estimated between 0.6 and 0.9, which means that every 10 infected people will transmit the infection to between 6 and 9 other people.

Sources told "BBC" that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge, during the G7 meeting, to donate surplus supplies of anti-coronavirus vaccines in the United Kingdom to poor countries.

Johnson will also urge, during the group's virtual meeting that will be held today, Friday, rich countries to support a new 100-day goal to develop new vaccines for emerging diseases in the future.He will also call for increased funding for the COVAX initiative, launched by the United Nations that aims to ensure equitable access for all countries to Coronavirus vaccines.