In Greenwich, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, the number of positive tests has almost halved in seven days.
The rate per 100,000 population, which peaked at 1,118 at the start of lockdown, has now been squeezed to 332 in the most recent data from Public Health England.
However, health experts warned that the deadly wave is far from over yet, with 2,765 new positive tests reported on Tuesday.
It was the lowest number for eight weeks, but doctors are on the alert for another mutation of the virus that could cause cases to rise again.
In latest developments:
- Hospital admissions continue to fall, with 370 taken in on Tuesday, compared with 977 in one day at the start of lockdown
- The number of patients in hospital with Covid was 5,881 on Tuesday, compared with 7,840 on January 14.
- Some 1,090 patients were on ventilators to keep them alive, which is only slightly down from 1,220 on January 24.
Source: www.standard.co.uk