coronavirus pandemic, the researchers, including those from the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne, found that the actual number of global infections could be up to six times higher than the reported number of cases.The researchers found infection rates between March and August across 15 countries were on average 6.2 times greater than reported cases, according to a modelling study.The data, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shows coronavirus infection rates in the UK, France, Belgium and Italy are much higher than reported and in the case of Italy up to 17-times higher.The analysis also shows Australia had the best level of detection among the 15 countries at the end of April, but the.