Vokes - the positive test cases reported by the Department of Health do not include the number of people staying at home while coughing away. The question for Spain is whether 2,000 cases per day represents a very small tip or a large chunk of the iceberg
Not strictly true. There is a longitudinal study ongoing at the moment where 10,000+ people chosen at random are being tested regularly, whether or not they have symptoms, and as far as I am aware, these tests form part of the UK daily figures. That said, it only forms 10% or so of the total daily testing in UK. These people may, or may not be coughing away, and of course may or may not be asymptomatic.