The coronavirus infection rate has dropped as the government prepares to announce its 'roadmap' to exit lockdown. Today is the legal deadline to review the lockdown every three weeks.
And while Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made clear the full restrictions remain in place until any announcement on Sunday - he said the infection rate had dropped well below the target of 1.
That crucial figure means each person who gets the virus transmits it to one other person. He said: "As a result of the social distancing measures that we've put in place, the R level, which is the rate of infection, is now between 0.5 and 0.9." But he told the Downing Street press conference: "The virus is not beaten yet, it remains deadly and infectious." He confirmed