COVID cases have fallen for the first time since the summer as the UK shrugs off the autumn wave.
The Office for National Statistics estimated 1.9million Brits had the virus last week after cases dropped by nine per cent.
It was the first decline since the end of August and shows the latest surge peaked at just half the size of the July wave.
NHS figures also reveal the number of people in hospital beds with the bug has fallen to 7,296 – down by a third in three weeks.
Daily admissions have halved in the same time.