Today, we’re publishing the first regular release of results from the pilot phase of England’s #COVID19 infection survey alongside our partners from @PHE_uk, @OfficialUoM, @UniofOxford and @wellcometrust http://ow.ly/bANI50zG7nX 

We estimate that 0.27% of people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings in England would test positive for COVID-19 from 27 April to 10 May 2020.

This equates to an estimated 148,000 people in England http://ow.ly/lm2T30qFZqJ 

For individuals working in patient-facing healthcare or resident-facing social care roles, 1.33% tested positive for COVID-19.

Of those reporting not working in these roles, 0.22% tested positive for COVID-19 http://ow.ly/1dd130qFZsc 

There is currently no evidence that age affects the likelihood of being infected with COVID-19 http://ow.ly/4zPg30qFZuf 

Our analysis is based on the results of swab tests collected from 10,705 individual participants in the coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey in England over the period 27 April to 10 May 2020 http://ow.ly/OvZg30qFZvU 

These early results are only a small part of the planned testing work. Alongside our partners we will be looking to analyse more results to get a fuller picture of the spread of COVID-19 throughout the country over the next 12 months http://ow.ly/FNI530qFZDG