Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day 

More hope that Britain’s Covid outbreak is on the way out: Symptom-tracking app says cases dropped 23% last week with 54,000 new infections each day

An app monitoring the spread of coronavirus in the UK says cases fell by 23 per cent last week and only 54,000 new infections were reported.

The ZOE Covid-19 symptom study app asks users to log whether they are suffering symptoms of the virus to track the tide of infections across the country.

It comes almost two weeks after England was plunged into its third lockdown, and is an early sign the measure – along with Tier 4 – may be curbing infections.