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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ian Jones

‘One per cent of UK population’ newly infected with Covid-19 every day

PA Wire

Around one in every 100 people in the UK is likely to have been newly infected with Covid-19 per day during the current surge of the virus, figures suggest.

Infections are estimated to have climbed as high as 657,300 every day by March 16, according to new modelling published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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