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There are three key sources of data when it comes to judging which direction the pandemic is going in the UK: the daily confirmed cases, the Office for National Statistics monitoring programme (which involves random sampling) and the R value modelled by government experts.

All show slightly different pictures. The latest ONS survey, published on Friday, suggests rises seen since June have levelled off. Meanwhile, the government advisory body Sage says it does not have confidence the R number is below one, suggesting the epidemic is growing.

If you look at the daily confirmed cases, it shows the number of new infections have nearly doubled over the past six weeks to more than 1,000 a day. But that has happened partly because the number of tests being done has increased.

Even with the increase in testing, it is clear that not everyone who is infected is being diagnosed – part of the problem is that people can have the virus but not show symptoms. The ONS survey suggests the number of new infections is actually double that being identified by the testing system.

Overall, it suggests there has probably been a steady, gradual increase over the past few weeks. But this needs to be put into context. At the peak, the UK was estimated to be seeing 100,000 new infections a day.

The focus now is ensuring those areas that are seeing the most cases are able to contain the spread.