A new study is suggesting that the coronavirus infection rate has fallen in the North West by more than half during the second national lockdown
Interim results of the study by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI also show a 30 per cent decline across the country as a whole while The reproductive number of the virus was estimated at 0.88, reinforcing data released on Friday which showed infection numbers were shrinking by between 0% and 2% every day.
However while figures were halving in the North West and North East, and were also down in Yorkshire and the Humber, prevalence remained high in the East Midlands and West Midlands.
More than 105,000 volunteers were tested in England for the ongoing research.
According to round seven of the study, there were 96 people infected per 10,000 between November 13-24, down from 132 per 10,000 between October 26 and November 2.
These trends suggest that the tiered approach helped to curb infections in these areas and that lockdown has added to this effect,” said Imperial’s Professor Paul Elliott
