UK Covid monitor: Fall in cases faster than surge, R-value lowest in a year

After the peak of 2.2 lakh Covid cases on January 4, 2022, the UK is now witnessing a sharp decline in number of cases.

Covid situation in one of the hardest hit countries the United Kingdom is gradually improving. After the Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa, the UK was among the first few countries where cases rose dramatically, and daily cases reached a peak of 2.2 lakh on January 4, 2022.

But while the rise was steep, the fall in daily cases looks sharper. It took 14 days for new cases in the country to climb from one lakh to two lakh, but only 10 days to return to the below-one lakh level. The UK recorded 70,160 new cases on January 16, which was a 33-day low. Average daily cases in the country were also at a 22-day low of 1.06 lakh on January 16.