Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 26 July 2021

The Week’s daily digest of the news agenda, published at 8am

1. New Covid cases fall in UK

The UK recorded 29,173 new cases of Covid on Sunday – down from 48,161 a week earlier. This marks the first time since February that the number of new positives has fallen for five days in a row. However, the number of people taking Covid tests has also fallen, though by a smaller margin, and the figures will not yet reflect the impact of last Monday’s lifting of restrictions.

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