Numbers testing positive for Covid-19 in England fall for first time since May

The figure is down 39% on the previous week, and is the first week-on-week fall since the beginning of May

The figure is down 39% on the previous week (PA)

The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England has fallen for the first time in almost three months.

A total of 189,232 people tested positive for the virus at least once in the week to July 28.