etween five and six per cent of Britain’s population had been infected with Covid-19 by the last third of April, according to a new study from the University of St Andrews.
Research by Professor Hill Kulu and Peter Dorey, from the ESRC Centre for Population Change and School of Geography and Sustainable Development, found that England had higher infection rates than Scotland and Wales and that in London more than 10% of the population may have been infected.
I would have thought the figure would be much higher?
It is only using data from the Office for National Statistics and the National Records of Scotland. There is no accounting of those who have shown no symptoms (asymptomatic), I have seen figures quoted of up to 80% who are asymptomatic, or those not previously tested/reported.
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