Two-thirds of Covid cases in England last month may have been reinfections, official data suggests
Two-thirds of Covid cases in England last month may have been reinfections, official data suggests. One of the country’s largest surveillance studies — which randomly tested 100,000 people in the fortnight ending January 20 — found 4.4 per cent had the virus. Imperial College experts, who carry out the project, said it was the highest rate ever recorded, mirroring other swabbing surveys. The team also claimed England’s Covid outbreak was now starting to plateau after the Omicron wave ‘rapidly’ dropped off…