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- A study in England estimates that nearly 100,000 people are infected with the novel coronavirus per day.
- That means around 1% of the country's entire population catches COVID-19 every 10 days, which is staggering.
- The researchers randomly tested asymptomatic people to estimate the actual course of the local epidemic.
- Without new restrictions, the number of daily cases might double every day, reaching as many as 1 million per day by the end of November.
The novel coronavirus is surging in the northern hemisphere, both in the United States and in Europe. The US might is already battling a new third wave with record peaks, but most European nations are bracing for the second wave of the pandemic. Some nations have started taking additional measures and announcing limited restrictions, but they're stopping short of new national lockdowns for the time being.
The UK is one country that’s experiencing a record number of daily infections. The country is averaging around 25,000 new cases a day, which is about five times more than the UK saw this past spring. But the real number of infections might be far higher, at almost 100,000 cases per day. And the figure might rise dramatically if no additional restrictions are put in place.
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