peak, and have fallen back to 26,000 on the seven day rolling average. the decline in cases actually started soon after the opening up in england onjuly 19th. health officials acknowledge gatherings of people to watch the euros football caused some spikes in infection, which might have pushed up case rates more than expected before july 19th. since then, it seems even with new freedoms people remained cautious, for example with mask wearing, and that was a factor in curbing the spread of the virus. we have had assumed that people would go slightly more back to normal than they actually have. i think probably what s happening is a lot of people are being a little more cautious in terms of returning to normal, which is why what we are seeing it slightly on the lower end of some of the modelling forecasts. slightly on the lower end of some so what does all this mean for the nhs? there were fears that hospitals would come under intensifying pressure this month,
case increases says it has come as a surprise. all the indications now are that there were a real reduction in cases, particularly in adults between 20 40 years old. covid s had a habit of surprising us and this is a good surprise, for a change. daily reported cases did go above 50,000 in mid july, though not as high as the january peak, and have fallen back to 26,000 on the seven day rolling average. the decline in cases actually started soon after the opening up in england onjuly 19th. health officials acknowledge gatherings of people to watch the euros football caused some spikes in infection, which might have pushed up case rates more than expected before july 19th. since then, it seems even with new freedoms people remained cautious, for example with mask wearing, and that was a factor in curbing the spread of the virus. so what does all this mean for the nhs? there were fears that hospitals would come under intensifying
in fact, they have gone the other way. now one of the experts who expected case increases says it has come as a surprise. all the indications now are that there were a real reduction in cases, particularly in adults between 20 40 years old. covid s had a habit of surprising us and this is a good surprise, for a change. i d like to understand it better, that s for sure. daily reported cases did go above 50,000 in mid july, though not as high as the january peak, and have fallen back to 26,000 on the seven day rolling average. the decline in cases actually started soon after the opening up in england onjuly 19th. health officials acknowledge gatherings of people to watch the euros football caused some spikes in infection, which might have pushed up case rates more than expected before july 19th. since then, it seems even with new freedoms people remained cautious,
two nations, two cultures. and after all the banter, provocation and hype, sometimes there are no words for what it feels like to win. lucy williamson, bbc news, rome. some very happy italians both there and here and we will be reflecting on that later in the programme. away from the football, and the prime minister is expected to confirm later today that almost all legal restrictions on social contact in england will be lifted onjuly 19th. but with cases still high, borisjohnson will urge caution. let s get the latest now from our political correspondent, chris mason. they still haven t had time to take the bunting down, have a? and other things going in the world and we know the easing of restrictions is meant to happen, what else can you tell us? ,., ., meant to happen, what else can you tell us? ., ., i. tell us? good morning to you. the flaus look tell us? good morning to you. the flags look a tell us? good morning to you. the flags look a bit tell us? good morning to you. the
the water. we have had incidents of people wading to their cars this evening and early reports of floods. we were going to try and bring you that report. do we have it? yes. wearing an absolute deluge of rain, flash flooding and roads that look like they are rivers. take a look at this. this is raynes park not so long ago. you can see several feet of water under there, raynes park bridge road in south west london. there is to cars in the van that was submerged, attended by the london. here in the uk, the prime minister has confirmed that almost all of the coronavirus restrictions that have been in place in england throughout the pandemic will end a week today onjuly 19th. but that will not be the end of it, in fact mrjohnson warned today the uk can expect up to 200 deaths and 2000 hospital admissions a day,