UK announces 25,308 new coronavirus cases in 35% weekly drop as death count rises by 1,725

Britain has recorded another 25,308 coronavirus infections as the second wave continues to run out of steam amid brutal lockdown restrictions.

Department of Health statistics show the figure is 35 per cent below last Wednesday, when 38,905 were recorded. It is half the 47,525 infections announced two weeks ago.

Another 1,725 Covid-19 deaths were also recorded, in a five per cent drop from the same time last week when there were 1,820 fatalities. Britain has recorded 101,887 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began.

The stark figures come a day after the UK recorded more than 100,000 deaths from the virus yesterday, when Health chiefs announced a further 1,631 people had succumbed to the virus.