UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) statistics showing that infections in the city began to fall before Christmas sparked hopes that the worst was over. Rates are tumbling in under-60s currently.
EXCLUSIVE: Some 622 of 983 districts dotted across the capital saw their coronavirus infection rates drop last week, in a sign that the worst may already be over.
The US has smashed records for new daily cases of COVID-19, recording more than one million infections on Monday, but deaths and hospitalizations remain relatively low.
EXCLUSIVE: Government statistics show 11.3million cases have been recorded across England since the pandemic began, including 2million since Omicron began to spiral out of control and cause chaos.