The number of people who died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test in the UK has increased to an additional 915 today. This means that the death toll from this measure is now over 110,000.
But after weeks of rising deaths since mid-December, there are positive signs that deaths are finally slowing.
In the previous week, the registered daily deaths were lower than in all the corresponding days of the previous week.
And the last time the number of daily deaths was less than 1,000 (except on a Sunday and Monday, when the numbers are generally much lower because of the delay in notification after a weekend) was on January 5.
This occurred when blocking restrictions were introduced and children were instructed not to return to school in the new semester.
A lot has changed since then: hospitals are under intense pressure from Covid-19 and millions of people have been vaccinated against the disease.
Confirmed cases and hospital admissions have been declining – usually an early indication that the number of deaths will also occur.
However, there are clear warnings from health officials that there should be no complacency.
Vaccination of the most vulnerable will reduce deaths initially, but it will take many millions more vaccinations for everyone over 50 and those with underlying diseases to really reduce the pressure on hospitals in the country.