{"value":{"id":1612349,"askingMemberId":4076,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-04-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-04-24T00:00:00","uin":"181639","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Walsall and (b) England and Wales tested positive for covid-19 in (i) October 2022, (ii) January 2023 and (iii) the most recent 30-day period for which figures are available.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4492,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-04-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>To provide more accurate data on COVID-19 infections and avoid double counting cases, if a person tests positive multiple times within a certain time period, these are all counted as a single case of COVID-19. In England this period is 90 days, and in Wales 42 days.</p><p>For Walsall, in October 2022 there were 952 cases of COVID-19 detected. In January 2023 there were 468 cases of COVID-19 detected. In the 30-day period between 14 March 2023 and 12 April 2023 there were 404 new cases of COVID-19 detected.</p><p>For England and Wales, in October 2022 there were 217,044 cases of COVID-19 detected. In January 2023 there were 83,659 new cases of COVID-19 detected. In the 30-day period between 14 March 2023 and 12 April 2023 there were 92,736 new cases of COVID-19 detected.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Coronavirus: Disease Control","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1612349","method":"GET"}]}