Claim: Just 13,844 people in England and Wales were infected with Covid-19 in 2020.
Fact-check: Millions—not thousands—caught Covid last year - Full Fact
Verdict: this is close to the number of noids notifications by doctors, but it is not the total number of infections. almost 2.5 million people tested positive for covid-19 in england and wales last year.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00