Claim: The daily number of Covid-19 cases seriously understates the real total because it does not count reinfections.
Fact-check: Robert Peston overstated the importance of reinfections - Full Fact
Verdict: it's true that reinfections are not currently counted as cases in the data, but the evidence suggests that it would only add about 1% to the total if they were.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-07-27T00:00:00