MoJ figures show surge of 883 in a month, compared with increase of 80 in September
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The number of prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus in England and Wales since the start of the pandemic more than doubled in the space of a month in October, alarming figures reveal.
As at the end of October, 1,529 prisoners had tested positive for Covid-19 since March, an increase of 883 on the figure as at September, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show. The MoJ has been testing all symptomatic prisoners since April.
