Almost three million people were referred for cancer checks in the 12 months between March 2021 and February 2022, NHS England said on Monday.
The National Health Service said the number is the highest on record and up by more than a tenth of the number before the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.
According to the latest provisional data from NHS cancer service providers, some 2,657,316 people were tested for cancer during the 12-month-period, 30 percent up from the number (2,032,140) during the first year of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021).
An average of around 11,000 people were getting checked every day over the last year, NHS England said in a statement.
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