Table 3 Estimated numbers of screens by month with average delays and consequent numbers of cancers shifted from screen-detected to symptomatic status.

From: The projected impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on breast cancer deaths in England due to the cessation of population screening: a national estimation

Month

Screens in that month

Average delay (months) of screens in that month

Number of cancers shifted from screen-detected to symptomatic

July 2020

33,547

2.75

17

August 2020

73,123

2.33

32

September 2020

114,277

2.42

51

October 2020

133,199

2.68

66

November 2020

139,690

3.45

88

December 2020

141,601

4.28

110

January 2021

142,140

4.17

107

February 2021

142,290

4.65

119

March 2021

142,332

5.31

135

April 2021

142,344

6.31

158

May 2021

142,347

7.31

180

June 2021

142,348

5.41

137

Total

1,489,237

1200