Claim: The average distance travelled to a Covid-19 test centre is now 5.8 miles, down from 6.4 miles last week.
Fact-check: Data on how far people travel to get a Covid-19 test isn't all that useful - Full Fact
Verdict: this distance is one-way, measured as the crow flies and does not include people who turn down a test based on distance.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2020-09-17T00:00:00