I don't think you can make a valid comparison between infections detected in Spring and those now. Early on testing was focussed on those admitted to hospital and displaying significant symptoms. If I remember rightly there was a massive issue with people discharged to Care Homes untested; nothing like enough tests to go around.
Getting the tests to Matt Handcock's target of 100k/day involved statistical manipulation on an epic scale.
There still are not enough tests to go around but there are many, many more being done on people with only minor symptoms or wholly asymptomatic but possibly exposed.
To get any sort of comparison you need to know how many tests are administered and what proportion are positive.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Sun 27 Sep 20 at 11:24
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