An average of 148,000 people in England had Covid-19 at any given time between 27 April and 10 May, according to an estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
That accounts for 0.27% of the country's population, or about one in every 400 people.
The figures are thought to be the clearest picture yet of how many people in England had been infected with the coronavirus. Aol.
