LONDON (Reuters) – The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England is estimated to have risen to 1 in 95 people in the week to July 10, Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday, up sharply from the 1 in 160 recorded the week before.
“In England, the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to increase in the week ending 10 July 2021” the ONS said.
“We estimate that 577,700 people within the community population in England had COVID-19… equating to around 1 in 95 people.”
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton)
