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Why Covid cases in England aren’t actually rising

3 August 2020

7:07 PM

3 August 2020

7:07 PM

The government has restricted the movements of millions of people in England because Covid is apparently on the rise. But what happens when you start digging into the data?

I have used two datasets to piece together the number of tests, cases and results for Pillar 1 tests (which are done in healthcare settings) and Pillar 2 tests (which are done in the community).

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