Tory Matt Hancock was today blasted by the UK statistics watchdog for repeatedly using "inadequate" coronavirus testing figures.
The Health Secretary was slapped down for trying to boast of "the largest possible number of tests - even at the expense of understanding." Sir David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, hit out at the top Tory for including tests posted out - but not yet complete - in the figures.
He slammed the data for failing to make clear how many people are tested for coronavirus more than once, or how often. And he said the figures are giving an "artificially low impression" of the proportion of positive tests, because of the way some results are presented. "The figures are still far from complete and