Just one in ten people who catch Covid pass it on to someone they live with, a study has found. .

In this time frame 7,262 people caught Covid but they only passed it on to a further 1,809 people they lived with, a transmission rate of 10.1 per cent. .

One in ten people who catch Covid pass it on to someone they live with, a study has found.

However, the data showed people living with Covid commodities were more likely to catch the virus from an infected family member. 

People living with Covid commodities were more likely to catch the virus from their infected family member. Risk of catching the virus increased by 31 per cent if a person had asthma

Risk of catching the virus increased by 31 per cent if a person had asthma, 67 per cent for cancer patients and 35 per cent if a family member was obese