<p>There are as many as 45,000 new Covid infections in England each day, the largest study on prevalence of the coronavirus in the population said on Friday, adding that a resurgence in the north of the country could be replicated elsewhere in weeks.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to avert a second wave of Covid-19 with local lockdowns, but the study suggests that the number of daily infections could far exceed the 17,540 reported on Thursday.</p>.<p>The study by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI showed that 1 in 170 people in England had the virus between Sept. 18 and Oct. 5, with 45,000 new infections each day.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-coronavirus-vaccine-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-bengal-bengaluru-mumbai-new-delhi-chennai-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-AstraZeneca-Oxford-899419.html" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>It also found an eight-fold increase in infections among people aged over 65, compared to a previous report covering Aug. 20 to Sept. 8.</p>.<p>"Our robust findings paint a concerning picture of the growing epidemic across England," said Paul Elliott, of Imperial's School of Public Health.</p>.<p>"While certain areas are worse affected, if left unabated then infection trends will follow nation-wide and could lead to high levels of unnecessary death and illness from the disease."</p>.<p>Imperial's is the country's largest population study on Covid infection rates, with 175,000 volunteers tested. Earlier on Friday, the Office for National Statistics found that daily cases had doubled in a week.</p>
<p>There are as many as 45,000 new Covid infections in England each day, the largest study on prevalence of the coronavirus in the population said on Friday, adding that a resurgence in the north of the country could be replicated elsewhere in weeks.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to avert a second wave of Covid-19 with local lockdowns, but the study suggests that the number of daily infections could far exceed the 17,540 reported on Thursday.</p>.<p>The study by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI showed that 1 in 170 people in England had the virus between Sept. 18 and Oct. 5, with 45,000 new infections each day.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-coronavirus-vaccine-karnataka-maharashtra-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-gujarat-bengal-bengaluru-mumbai-new-delhi-chennai-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-AstraZeneca-Oxford-899419.html" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>It also found an eight-fold increase in infections among people aged over 65, compared to a previous report covering Aug. 20 to Sept. 8.</p>.<p>"Our robust findings paint a concerning picture of the growing epidemic across England," said Paul Elliott, of Imperial's School of Public Health.</p>.<p>"While certain areas are worse affected, if left unabated then infection trends will follow nation-wide and could lead to high levels of unnecessary death and illness from the disease."</p>.<p>Imperial's is the country's largest population study on Covid infection rates, with 175,000 volunteers tested. Earlier on Friday, the Office for National Statistics found that daily cases had doubled in a week.</p>