Britain's Covid cases fell nine per cent last week, according to a symptom-tracking app.
King's College London scientists estimated 47,276 people were catching Covid every day in the week up to September 11.
This marked the first time they had dipped below 50,000 a day since mid-August. In England it was suggested cases had also fallen by nine per cent in a week, but in Scotland they dropped by 13 per cent.
Professor Tim Spector, who runs the Covid symptom study, said today people who are infected with the virus are now more likely to suffer a sore throat, headache and sneezing because of vaccines.
He also warned Covid levels remain high in the country, and that face masks and social distancing should be brought back in to help control the spread of the virus.
Boris Johnson is hoping to rely on boosters and jabs for 12 to 15-year-olds to keep the virus in check this winter, but has said face masks could be brought back if Covid spirals out of control.
Separate data from Test and Trace showed Covid cases had risen seven per cent in the week to September 8, after a further 205,679 were recorded.
It comes after infections in the country have fallen week-on-week for the previous seven days in a row. Experts had feared that the return of schools from the summer holidays would spark a Scotland-style spike in cases.
The Covid Symptom Study estimated 47,276 people in the UK were catching the virus every day in the week to September 11. This was a drop of nine per cent on the same time the previous week
King's College London scientists and experts from health data science company ZOE found cases were rising among 0 to 18-year-olds, but falling in all other age groups
When breaking the country down by regions they found that cases were remaining flat in most areas. Infections fell in the Midlands, South East, London, East of England and South West last week, they said
Separate figures from Test and Trace suggested Covid cases rose nine per cent last week, after it recorded more than 205,000 cases in the week to September 8
The above graph shows Covid cases among people who have received two doses of the Covid vaccine (red line) and the population (blue line). Almost 90 per cent of over-16s have already received one dose of the jab
