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Working in patient-facing roles or working outside of home significantly increases the likelihood of becoming infected by COVID-19

Characteristics of COVID-19 patients

Estimated percentage of those testing positive for the coronavirus, by gender, by age group, by working conditions (Apr 26^,h to Jun 7^lh), U.K.

• The ONS has used antibody testing to estimate that c.7% of people in the U.K. have had COVID-19

f-

1.92%

- 6x

0.34%

Patient-    Non

facing    patient-

roles    facing

roles

0.22%

0.70%

0.63%

0.43%

Working Working from home outside of home

Working

mixed

conditions

Not

working

0.44%

Source: ONS U.K. 9

0.57%

Age (years old)

•    This figurę indicates the total number of people who have ever been infected, but the number of people infected at a given point in time is far smaller. The ONS estimates that c.0.4% of the population was infected on an average day between the end of April and early June

•    This data allows for the different risks of infection between individuals to be quantified. While it found no statistical evidence for differences in infection ratę by age or gender, people working in patient-facing roles in health or social care, and those who could not work from home, were much morę likely to have caught the virus:

-    those in patient-facing roles were six times as likely to catch the disease

-    those working outside of home were three times as likely to catch the disease

•    These figures illustrate the care that will be needed as those working from home return to their workplace, given the far higher propensity to catch the virus, and the need to avoid secondary outbreaks

O 2020 L E K. Consulting LLC