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By Maryam Ahmed & Becky Dale
Data journalism team
image captionMore than 127,000 people have died with Covid-19
About 22 million people in the UK are living in areas that have not reported any Covid-19 deaths that happened in April, according to BBC News analysis.
By comparison, in a four-week period during January s peak, fewer than 50,000 people lived in such places.
The findings were greeted as really good news [which] give us confidence by one expert.
The government has urged people to keep following restrictions and have the Covid vaccine when called.
The BBC s data analysis reveals the extent of the improvement since January s peak.
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Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a game changer in the UK s response to the pandemic.
Boris Johnson has said there is some evidence the variant may be associated with a higher degree of mortality .
But the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant s deadliness remained an open question .
Another adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was not particularly strong .
A third top medic said it was too early to be absolutely clear .