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'Too early' to say if UK winning coronavirus fight but fewer people in hospital

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The UK is seeing a downward trend in the number of people in hospital with coronavirus, but it is "too early" to say if the country is winning the fight, a health chief says.

Professor Stephen Powis, the national medical director of NHS England, said the most marked decreases in Covid-19 hospitalisations have been in London and the Midlands.

He credited Britons obeying the lockdown and social distancing measures for the apparent decline in new cases and a plateauing in deaths.

However, Professor Powis said the lockdown has "begun to pay off" but warned cases could soar and there could be a second wave if Britons begin become complacent.

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