Coronavirus is infecting 6,000 people every day in England, according to official predictions that show the size of the country’s outbreak has doubled in a week. The Office for National Statistics today estimated that almost 60,000 people are infected with Covid-19 at any given time. Based on random swab sampling across the country, the ONS’s … Read more
Is England’s Covid-19 outbreak finally shrinking for good? ONS estimates 2,400 people are catching the virus each day – down 37% in a week as symptom-tracking app names three new hotspots Office for National Statistics thinks 2,400 people contracting disease every day, down from 3,800 last week Statisticians at the Government-run agency say upward trajectory in … Read more
Are coronavirus cases REALLY on the up? ONS admits the spike could now be ‘levelling off’ and estimates 3,700 people are getting infected every day in England – down 12% in a week The Office for National Statistics now believes there are 3,700 people in England getting infected each day It is down on the … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak is continuing to shrink as two separate batches of data released today suggested only 3,300 to 3,800 people are getting infected each day in England. Estimates from the King’s College London’s COVID Symptom Tracker app say the number of people being struck down each day has plunged by a quarter in just a … Read more
Only 3,612 people are catching the coronavirus each day in Britain, according to scientists running a symptom-checking app. Estimates from King’s College London’s COVID Symptom Tracker app suggests the number of people getting infected has plunged by a quarter in just a week. The researchers, working with health tech company ZOE, have been collecting reports … Read more
Only 33,000 people in England currently have the coronavirus, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics. The data, based on testing of almost 20,000 people in the community, shows the number of people with the virus outside of hospitals and care homes is tumbling. When hospital and care home cases, of which more … Read more
Only 33,000 people in England have Covid-19: Official testing data shows ‘clear downward trend’ in nation’s epidemic as estimated number of community cases drops 100,000 in a fortnight The percentage of sample testing positive dropped from 0.1% to 0.06% in a week Office for National Statistics says 4,500 people per day are catching the virus … Read more
The number of people in Britain who have died because of Covid-19 so far could be as high as 45,000, a data expert has today warned. Statistician Jamie Jenkins says the figure reflects the difference in the number of people who have died since the pandemic began in Britain, compared to the average number of … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more