04 August 2021
New research has found that double vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the coronavirus.
These results from the Imperial-led REACT-1 study, a major coronavirus monitoring programme, are based on swab tests taken by almost 100,000 people in England between 24 June and 12 July. During this period, 0.63% of people were infected, or 1 in 158. This represents a 4-fold rise compared with the study’s previous report, when 0.15% or 1 in 670 had the virus as of 7 June. These findings confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a vaccine offer good protection against getting infected. Prof Paul Elliott School of Public Health, Imperial
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The number of people infected with the coronavirus in England has dropped by over two-thirds since January.
But infections are still high with around 1 in 200 people testing positive.
These latest findings from the REACT programme – the biggest study of community coronavirus testing – are based on swab tests taken at home by almost 85,000 people between 4th and 13th February. We need to all work to keep infections down by sticking to the measures which are designed to protect us and our health system. Prof Paul Elliott School of Public Health, Imperial
Infections have fallen across the country and several areas experienced a substantial decline, like London and the South East where five times fewer people are now testing positive compared to previous findings in January. However there are differences between regions and some areas have seen a smaller drop, such as Yorkshire and the Humber where infections fell by a quarter.
28 January 2021
A very high number of people have the coronavirus in England with around 1 in 64 people infected, or 1.57% of the population.
These latest findings from the REACT programme – the biggest and most comprehensive study of community coronavirus testing – are based on swab samples from almost 170,000 people taken between 6th and 22nd January.
In a new report, researchers from Imperial College London estimate R to be around 1, which means that the epidemic is not clearly growing or shrinking and will continue at this high level if the situation doesn’t change. However throughout this round of data collection, patterns of infection have been fluctuating at the national level, with signs of a slight upward trend in the first 10 days – shown in an interim report published last week – followed by a slight decline in the last seven days.