and this was echoed by the nhs medical director, stephen powis, nhs medical director, stephen powis,well at the dettol was kept below 20,000. of course we have passed double that number now, and as i said, a milestone nobody wanted to reach. families, friends and loved ones on the morning. this is a number that will continue to prompt many questions in the days and months ahead. so very sombre moment, but some different news from the office for national statistics about the number of infections we have? the ons number of infections we have? the 0ns are carrying out household in england. 9000 homes where they are carrying out random swab testing to see if there is any trace of the virus, and they found the number of coronavirus infections in england has possibly fallen to 5600 a day, working out roughly at around one in 1000 people. a few weeks ago it was thought to be one in 400 people so this is quite a reduction in shows a bit of turning the corner and a downward trend. looking at the official number of cases we get the data for dairy, people tested in hospitals, care homes in the