How many people have REALLY been infected with coronavirus? German scientists claim only 6% of cases have been spotted worldwide (and say the rate for the UK is just 1.2%)
Tens of millions of people could have already caught the coronavirus, according to German scientists studying the pandemic.
Two researchers from Göttingen University claimed countries have only spotted six per cent of all COVID-19 cases, on average.
But the team also claimed that the rate was even lower in the UK, at just 1.2 per cent - suggesting the true size of the outbreak was up to 5million.
Rates - which the researchers said were true up to March 31 - were also staggeringly low in Italy (3.5 per cent), Spain (1.7 per cent) and the US (1.6 per cent).
Because of the huge disparity, they described the official tallies trotted out by health ministers across the world each day as 'rather meaningless'.
Official statistics show around 1.5million people worldwide have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Based on the researchers' claim, this would suggest the true size of the pandemic is now in the region of 26million - if nothing has changed in the past week.
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