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Coronavirus cases at UK crisis peak ‘were triple official figures’, report finds

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Suspected coronavirus infections recorded at the peak of the pandemic were three times higher than the number of officially confirmed cases, new research has claimed.

GPs recorded 8,985 suspected cases between February 14 and April 30, which was triple the number of people found positive with Covid-19 at test centres over the same period.

The study, led by the Queen Mary University in London, also found that black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) adults were twice as likely to present with suspected coronavirus than white adults.

The increased risk to BAME groups was not necessarily due to other factors such as health conditions, obesity or social deprivation, the study said.

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