About 27,100 people in the community in England contracted Covid-19 during the week from 19 to 25 August, which equates to about 1 in 2,000 individuals, with around 2,000 new cases per day, Reveal the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. (We see 12.40 am).

The team behind the work – which relies on samples from households – said the data again indicated that the infection rate in England remains flat, with no clear sign of high or low, after the rate rose in July.

But the researchers are behind Covid-19 Symptom Study App They say their data, based on the swab test of people who reported symptoms, tells a slightly different story, revealing a slight rise in daily cases of Covid-19.

The latest data show that from August 16 to 29, 2020, there were an average of 1,423 new cases per day in England, compared to 1073 cases reported in the week prior to the period from August 9 to August 22. For the United Kingdom, the numbers are 1,974 and 1,292 new cases per day respectively.

Tim SpectorThe increase in numbers is occurring with increased economic activity and travel, said a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and chief researcher into the study of Covid-19 symptoms, said.

Earlier this week the experts She told The Guardian that test numbers from the government indicated that infections in the UK had risen since early July, although they had stabilized in August, even after taking the increase in the number of tests taken into account.

Professor Neil Ferguson“What he clearly demonstrates is that we are in a situation where the number of cases is rising. So we don’t have much room to maneuver,” said an epidemiologist at Imperial College London at the time.

In response to the latest numbers, Professor Oliver Johnson, Professor of Information Theory, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol said:

Today’s ONS survey numbers are very similar to last week. In fact, the long-term trend has broadly held steady since the start of July, indicating that the R value is very close to 1.

This data may appear to contradict the recent increase in UK cases: this may be in part because some of those cases were detected by targeted testing at hotspots. Moreover, it is important to note that the ONS survey only covers England and Wales. A large percentage of the recent increase in cases has occurred in Scotland and Northern Ireland and thus will not be visible here.