Updated July 28
COVID-19 cases unexpectedly plummeting in Britain
Public health experts, alongside the government, had predicted that cases would be rising at this point, perhaps even exponentially.
By Karla Adam and William BoothThe Washington Post
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LONDON — This is a puzzler. Coronavirus cases are plummeting in Britain. They were supposed to soar. Scientists aren’t sure why they haven’t.
The daily number of new infections recorded in the country fell for seven days in a row before a slight uptick Wednesday, when the country reported 27,734 cases. That’s still almost half of where the caseload was a week ago.