Prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England fell last week – ONS survey

By Metro US Posted on November 26, 2020

A person walks over the Millennium bridge as the financial district stands beyond, among the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London

LONDON (Reuters) – The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England have fallen slightly, with 633,000 infections in the latest week to Nov. 21 from 664,700 the week before, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.

Overall prevalence of COVID-19 infections fell to 1 in 85 people from 1 in 80 the previous week, but the ONS said it could not provide an estimate of daily incidence of infections due to an issue with the data from one of the laboratories.

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Elizabeth Piper)