ONS survey suggests one in 50 in England had Covid between 27 December and 2 January
People should act as though they have the coronavirus, a leading Covid expert has said as the percentage of those testing positive continues to rise.
The Office for National Statistics, which conducts a survey based on swabs from randomly selected households, has estimated that between 27 December and 2 January, about 1.12 million people – or one in 50 people – in the community in England had coronavirus, up from one in 85 between 12 and 18 December.
