Revealed: the data that shows how Covid bounced back after UK's lockdowns

As we exit a third national lockdown, analysis shows how infections surged again after the first two

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When the UK went into coronavirus lockdown a year ago, few people thought it would need to bounce in and out of the strictest curtailment of freedoms in memory several more times.

Now a Guardian data analysis shows how, while all three national lockdowns were successful in reducing infection rates, each was lifted when cases in at least some areas were too high, leading to rebounds.