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Expert claims UK can be comforted with coronavirus death rate despite infections rise

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coronavirus death rates are still low even as infections climb. There are fears a second wave of Covid-19 is on the horizon, with local lockdowns being implemented in many parts of northern England as 3,395 new cases were announced on Thursday, the Mirror reports.

Prof Mike Tildesley, an expert in mathematical modelling of infectious disease, told the Mirror: "The majority of testing used to be done in hospitals, and now there is a lot more testing in the community, healthier people with milder symptoms who probably won't need hospital treatment."That explains the steep rise in infections.

We have to remember that 3,000 cases a day today is not the same as 3,000 a day back in April, because we are doing so much more testing.Even with 4,000.

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