One in eight people in the North East has had coronavirus – Chronicle Live

One in eight people in the North East have had coronavirus, new figures show.
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that 12.5% of people of people in the North East tested positive for antibodies to Covid-19 in December 2020. This suggests they have been infected with the virus at some point.
Yorkshire and the Humber has the highest rate of infection. There, 16.8% of people tested positive, around one in six people.
The infection rate is lowest in the South West at 4.9%, around one…

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