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One in 400 people in England has coronavirus, tests suggest | |
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One in 400 people in England has the Covid-19 virus, a survey of nearly 11,000 people in households suggests. | |
They were asked to carry out swab tests over the two weeks up to 10 May. | |
This indicates about 148,000 people in England are currently infected - 0.27% of the population. | |
But those tested did not include hospital patients or people living in care homes, where rates of Covid-19 are likely to be much higher, Office for National Statistics figures show. | |
Just 33 of the 11,000 - in only 30 of more than 5,000 households - tested positive. | |
And those 30 households were several times more likely to include health or care workers than those in other sectors. |