Covid infection levels in England remain Extremely High, and it remains essential that everyone takes precautions to avoid catching Covid. We tentatively estimate that around 1 in 47 people remain infected with Covid, as of 21 January. See below for more on how we calculated this.
As an example of the current risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have around 6 infected people breathing out virus for you to breathe in. In a full single decker bus, there will about 2 infected people breathing out virus. In a busy train carriage, there will be around 3 infected people breathing out virus. In these circumstances, unless you wear a respiratory filter mask, you are extremely likely to catch Covid. Cloth and surgical masks do not protect you.
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