One in five in England have had Covid, modelling suggests
by Ashley Kirk, Anna Leach and Pamela Duncan from Science | The Guardian on (#5CMYN)
Analysis shows 12.4 million people infected since start of pandemic, against 2.4 million detected by test and trace
One in five people in England may have had coronavirus, new modelling suggests, equivalent to 12.4 million people, rising to almost one in two in some areas.
It means that across the country as a whole the true number of people infected to date may be five times higher than the total number of known cases according to the government's dashboard.
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