{"id":113585,"date":"2021-02-19T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=113585"},"modified":"2021-02-19T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:43:54","slug":"uk-covid-deaths-fall-30-in-a-week-as-533-fatalities-and-12027-cases-recorded-as-covid-r-rate-plummets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/uk-covid-deaths-fall-30-in-a-week-as-533-fatalities-and-12027-cases-recorded-as-covid-r-rate-plummets\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Covid deaths fall 30% in a week as 533 fatalities and 12,027 cases recorded as Covid R rate plummets"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK Covid deaths today rose by 533 – which a 30 per cent drop on the figure recorded this time last week. <\/p>\n

Another 12,027 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, meaning 4,095,269 people have now tested positive for\u00a0the bug\u00a0in Britain since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Despite the number of cases and deaths declining, the number of people who have sadly lost their lives to the virus in Britain now totals 119,920.<\/p>\n

Today's figures come as Brits edge closer to finding out how and when the third lockdown will be lifted.<\/p>\n

Boris Johnson is preparing to sift through a dossier of data to help him decide the speed of his "Roadmap to Recovery" blueprint.<\/p>\n

The PM will use the numbers to shape\u00a0his official plan to ease lockdown, to be published on Monday.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, 12,057 infections were recorded in the UK, and deaths rose by 454. <\/p>\n

And last Friday, there were 15,114 cases of coronavirus reported, as well as 758 more deaths.<\/p>\n

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