The number of new Covid cases falls for the sixth consecutive day for the first time since November.
Prof Openshaw, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group , told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "It is exciting to see those rather encouraging figures, but there have been some delays in reporting the figures and we're still waiting for the full data to be released by the Office for National Statistics.
The scale of the fall has come as a surprise to even the most optimistic scientists - and is why many are interpreting it with a little caution. Saying that, it's been clear for the past few weeks that the rate of increase in infections had begun to slow. The impact of the 19 July easing has yet to be felt for one thing. That could tip the trend back upwards.
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