Findings from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI show infections have halved since the last REACT-1 study in March, with only 1 in 1,000 people infected.
Data suggest the vaccination rollout continues to impact positively on prevalence, but new variants remain a threat.
Findings from the eleventh report of REACT-1, one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been published today (Thursday 13 May) by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI.
Over 127,000 volunteers were tested with PCR tests in England between 15 April and 3 May to examine the levels of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the general population. The latest data show infections in England have halved since the last REACT-1 report published on 8 April, where testing took place between 11 and 30 March.
The main findings from the eleventh round of the REACT study show:
- between rounds 10 (11-30 March) and 11 (15 April-3 May), national prevalence has dropped by 50% from 0.20% to 0.10%
- an R number of 0.90 in England for the period of rounds 10 to 11
- the number of…
