English Covid-19 prevalence rises to 1 in 440 in latest week

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Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said the prevalence of Covid-19 infections in England is estimated to have risen to 1 in 440 people in the week to June 19 from 1 in 520 the week before, Reuters reports.

There were 122,500 people within the community population in England who were estimated to have had Covid-19 during the week, the ONS said, up from 105,000.

A person receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a mass vaccination centre for those aged 18 and over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain, June 20. — Reuters
A person receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a mass vaccination centre for those aged 18 and over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain, June 20. — Reuters

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