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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 have Covid-19: Official testing data shows ‘clear downward trend’ in nation’s epidemic as estimated number of 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 Only … Read more
Africa’s young and fit population will help the continent avoid an enormous death toll from COVID-19, according to figures from the World Health Organization. Analysis from the UN’s international public health body predicts more than a quarter of a billion Africans will contract the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within a year. It claims that the COVID-19 death toll will … 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