A graph showing the number of new Covid cases each day lays bare the impact lockdown has had on stopping the virus spreading.
Figures from the Department of Health reveal that the latest wave reached its peak in the first week of January, before a sharp fall.
At its height the UK was recording more than 60,000 cases a day and the government was blasted for acting too slowly before Christmas.
Yesterday The Mirror revealed that cases had fallen in all but four of England's 315 local authority areas since the start of the third national lockdown.
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