Study: 78% who test positive for COVID-19 in England don't show symptoms  

Seventy-eight percent of people who test positive for COVID-19 in England don't show any symptoms, according to data released by UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday, suggesting a potentially large number of asymptomatic cases in the country.

Only a third of individuals testing positive reported evidence of coronavirus symptoms at the time of their swab test, or at the either preceding or subsequent test, ONS said.

The data was based on tests of people selected randomly in England and looked at people who tested positive at any time during the ONS infection study.

(With input from agencies)