Maggie Throup corrected a written answer on Coronavirus

28 January 2022 · Commons written answer · Department of Health and Social Care

Justin Madders (Labour, Ellesmere Port and Neston) asked written question 84383 on 30 November 2021. Maggie Throup answered on 26 January 2022 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Maggie Throup corrected the answer on 28 January 2022. The figure 2,264 in the original became 268,517 in the correction, higher by 266,253. Altogether 32 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of daily covid-19 cases that are reinfections.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific estimate. However, the UKHSA monitors weekly COVID-19 cases, including numbers and rates of reinfections in England, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season ~~Data on~~ reinfections ~~is available to 31 October 2021 where 2,264 possible reinfections were~~ identified since the ~~first recorded case~~ of ~~a reinfection.~~	The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific estimate. However, the UKHSA monitors weekly COVID-19 cases, including numbers and rates of reinfections in England, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season As of 2 January 2022, 268,517 potential reinfections have been identified in England since the beginning of the pandemic.

Original

Corrected

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific estimate. However, the UKHSA monitors weekly COVID-19 cases, including numbers and rates of reinfections in England, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season
~~Data on~~ reinfections ~~is available to 31 October 2021 where 2,264 possible reinfections were~~ identified since the ~~first recorded case~~ of ~~a reinfection.~~

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific estimate. However, the UKHSA monitors weekly COVID-19 cases, including numbers and rates of reinfections in England, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season
As of 2 January 2022, 268,517 potential reinfections have been identified in England since the beginning of the pandemic.

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