Number of people with coronavirus in England remains stable, says ONS
Snapshot finds 137,000 had virus between 4-17 May, slightly down from previous fortnight
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The number of people with coronavirus in England has remained stable since the end of April, according to new data, with nearly 140,000 people infected in the last two weeks.
The second snapshot of Covid-19 rates in the community, taken by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that 137,000 people – 0.25% of the population – had coronavirus at any given time during the two weeks from 4-17 May.
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