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But the survey is seen as a more reliable source of data because it's based on a random sample of swabs from households, including people who are asymptomatic, so it gives a bigger picture of what's going on rather than the daily figures that rely on people coming forward with symptoms. now, we've also had the r number for england, and it's fallen compared to last week. it's now 0.8—1.1, so, to put that into context, for every 10 infected people, on average they'd expect to pass the virus on to between 8 and 11 people. now, these figures, this data, sort of, adds to the overall picture that ...
With another two months to go until prices go up, there's still time to shop around for a better deal. colletta smith, bbc news, in warrington. the latest official weekly figures for coronavirus infections in the uk have confirmed that the number of cases is falling. the office for national statistics estimates that just over 810,000 people had covid—19 last week —140,000 less than the previous seven days. our health correspondent katharine da costa told me that while the ons said it's encouraged by this fall, they cautioned that infection rates remain high across the uk. they want to see ...
Coming through in the ons data. so, you know, we were never going to see anything of the decline in this week's ons data. we have to wait until next friday before we see that coming through. until next friday before we see that coming through-— until next friday before we see that coming through. interesting. so how useful is the — coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons _ coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons data? _ coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons data? the - coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons data? the ons - coming t...
Will actually start again, plateauing again fairly quickly. lies that? is that because of the success of the vaccination programme or are there other factors? vaccination has a lot to do with it. it's more than that, because as we can see, there are a lot more people who have antibodies that have been vaccinated in the country. it's partly the vaccine but it's also people having had the infection and recovering from it. if we look at the ons data, even in mid—june which was the last antibody survey, about 40% of 16, 17—year—olds who want to had vaccines, where immune and that figure is a...