Britain's daily Covid cases fall by almost 20% in a week with 2,596 positive tests, deaths plunge by another 43% to 34 and hospital admissions drop by nearly 15% to 204 Some 129,782 first vaccine doses were dished out yesterday taking the UK's total number up to 32.5million SAGE scientists said England's R rate is now between 0.7 and 1.0, dropping it slightly from the previous week Office for National Statistics estimates found 112,600 people had the virus in England in the week to April 10