The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Nationally 207 positive tests of 8900, or about 2.32%.

So what is the real number of people with it then ?

It's an excellent question, to which no one knows the real answer.

Given that the people being tested are either those exhibiting symptoms or otherwise in high-risk groups (travel etc), I think it's likely that the percentage of the general population that is infected is significantly less than 2.32%. However, even a 0.1% infection rate would translate to roughly 38,000 people and 1% to 380,000 people.