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In the week to 31stjuly, down from 950,000 people the previous week. that's1 in 80 people. our health correspondent katharine da costa is here with more details — what do the figures tell us? yes, the figures havejust yes, the figures have just come out in the last 20 minutes or so and they show the number of people testing positive has fallen in scotland, england and wales, but infections are still rising in northern ireland, where the delta variant emerged slightly later. the report also says this fall is encouraging, but infection rates are still high in the uk and they say they will need...

Trent fall. there is a different way of measuring infections carefully watched and this is where the office of national statistics goes out and randomly sampled people in the population, about half—a—million people in the uk. that can measure notjust people with symptoms but people who are not sick with covid at the time. that data shows in the week to last saturday actually cases where rising slightly, across the uk, short of a million people, 950,000 had covid in that week, up from 830,000 the week before, up in england, wales and northern ireland, down slightly in scotland. why these di...

And then test positive. that's what it's measuring. those figures have been very encouraging for the last week or so, showing a sharp downward trend, as you can see here on the graph. on the right—hand side of the graph, you are seeing that trend fall down. there is, though, a different way of measuring infections, also very carefully watched. and this is where the office of national statistics goes out and randomly samples people in the population, about half a million people in the uk. and that can measure notjust people with symptoms but people who are not actually sick with co—that at ...

Showing a sharp downward trend as you can see on the graph. on the right hand side you are saying seeing that trend fall. there is a different way of measuring infections carefully watched and this is where the office of national statistics goes out and randomly samples people in the population, about half—a—million people in the uk. that can measure notjust people with symptoms but people who are not sick with covid at the time. that data shows in the week to last saturday, actually, cases were rising slightly, across the uk, short of a million people, 950,000 had covid in that week, up f...

Saturday, actually, cases were rising slightly, across the uk, short of a million people — 950,000 had covid in that week, up from 830,000 the week before. up in england, wales and northern ireland, down slightly in scotland. why these two different trends then? a lot could be down to timing, that ons survey measures people up to last saturday, so it might have missed this very recent fall in those daily cases. it also measures people without symptoms, which can make a difference. the ons said they will continue to investigate whether the current wave of infections is stabilising or not and ...