RE: Govt has 325m LFTs in storage18 Oct 2021 12:30
Does anyone know what the average testing rate actually is? (I self-test 3 times a week.)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1025529/rapid-testing-211014.pdf
"In the week beginning 19 August, over 3.2 million LFD tests were conducted and since then the
number of LFD tests conducted rose sharply to just over 6.0 million LFD tests in the week
ending 8 September following the start of the academic year in schools and colleges. Following
that peak, the number of LFD tests conducted and reported decreased sharply.
The number of LFD tests conducted has decreased to 4,041,261 in the latest week (30
September to 6 October) compared with 4,306,457 tests in the previous week. Of the LFD tests
conducted and reported in the latest week, 54,823 tests returned a positive result, an increase
from 53,441 tests in the previous week (23 to 29 September), and in the same period 3,982,728
tests returned a negative result, a decrease from 4,249,120 tests in the previous week. Since
LFD tests were introduced, 959,477 positive results and 164,272,072 negative results have
been reported. "
So less than 4M per week with a stock pile of 325M = Nearly 2 years supply !!!!