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More than 600k had COVID in week before lockdown but rate of increase now slowing, ONS data shows – Yahoo Singapore News
Nearly 620,000 people in England were infected with coronavirus in the last full week before the national lockdown was imposed, a major study has found.
A man wears a face mask in central London. The latest ONS infection survey shows more than 600,000 people had COVID in the last full week before the lockdown. (Han Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images)
- Nearly 620,000 people had COVID in England in week up to Saturday (31 October), ONS survey finds
- This was the day Boris Johnson announced four-week national lockdown, which was then imposed on Thursday
- Survey also finds one in 90 people in England were thought to be infected
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