Looks like the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) is reporting a day early this week because of the Easter Holidays. Here’s the BBC update - about one person in 15 has the virus this week.:
About 4.4 million people had the virus in their body in the week up to 9 April, down from nearly 4.9 million the week before…
…The study, which uses its own testing, gives the clearest indication of the virus’s spread since free testing ended in England.
It tests thousands of people at random - whether or not they have symptoms - to estimate how much virus there is in the country.
The article has a handy graphical summary of test results going back to October 21.
This was the kicking-off point for some musings, which may lead to some non-breaking news posts; so I have expanded on these facts in a post in the General Discussion And Chit-Chat thread:
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