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Coronavirus cases stable across most of England

Coronavirus cases stable across most of England
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Coronavirus cases across England appear to be levelling off, despite flare-ups in local hotspots, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

An estimated 1 in 1,900, or 28,300 people in England currently have the virus.

The ONS said evidence of a “small increase” in people testing positive in July has now stabilised.

It has been regularly testing people in private households since April.

The ONS survey provides a consistent picture of what’s been happening, because it regularly tests a large group of people - whether they have symptoms or not.

That means any changes are down to fewer or more infections, not just because more testing is taking place.

In areas where there have been spikes, more testing takes place.

Looking at the government’s figures, this can make it look like cases are rising, when in fact more are simply being uncovered.

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On the other hand, the relatively small number of people involved in the survey means the conclusions are based on 58 positive tests out of 122,000 swabs in the past six weeks.

But the ONS takes this uncertainty into account and even, with a margin of error, believes cases are levelling off.

Virus cases ‘may be levelling off’ in England

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Public Health England, which does look at confirmed cases along with other measures, said the majority of indicators suggested “Covid-19 activity remained stable at a national level”.

But there was a rise in cases being identified and general “increases in activity” in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands.

The government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) believes the virus’s reproduction or R number is at or below one, indicating the virus is stable or slightly falling.

Symptom check

The Covid Symptom Study app run by company ZOE and researchers at King’s College London shows a similar picture.


It estimates 22,702 people currently have symptomatic Covid in the UK.

Symptom study figures, which are slightly more up to date than ONS figures, also show a rise in cases in July which then tailed off and have since fallen.

The government’s figures on “confirmed cases” - which just look at positive tests, but don’t adjust for more tests being done - look like cases are rising.

But there hasn’t, yet, been a corresponding rise in hospitalisations or deaths.

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