Record weekly Covid cases in England but new infections 'stabilise'
by Pamela Duncan from Science | The Guardian on (#5A1T1)
Official ONS figures show 618,700 people had the virus in the week ending 31 October
Almost 620,000 people in England had coronavirus in the past week, according to the latest official estimates, but the rate of infection is slowing.
The Office for National Statistics estimates that 618,700 people in England were infected with the virus in the week to 31 October - one in 90 people, the highest rate measured by the infection survey to date.
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