Around 90 phone masts across the UK have been attacked during the coronavirus lockdown so far.
MobileUK, the trade association for mobile network operators, has released the figures to give a sense of the scale of destruction.
For months conspiracy theories have been circulating on social media platforms linking 5G to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The false claims have spurned some to attack phone masts, under the mistaken belief that destroying the telecommunications infrastructure might stop the spread of the deadly bug.
Only some of the masts attacked were associated with 5G technology.
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A spokesperson for MobileUK previously told Sky News : "Theories being spread about 5G are baseless and are not grounded in credible scientific theory.
"Mobile operators are dedicated to keeping the UK connected, and careless talk could cause untold damage.
"Continuing attacks on mobile infrastructure risks lives and at this challenging time the UK's critical sectors must be able to focus all their efforts fighting this pandemic."
Not only will attacking phone masts not halt the spread of the coronavirus, it may be increasing the risk to human life by hindering communication.
When mast attacks were first reported at the beginning of April, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The Secretary of State is due to speak with some of the big social media firms later on this week to be very clear about the need to stop the spread of what is a crazed conspiracy theory.
“You have seen reports of criminal vandalism against 5G masts.
“People need to understand that by destroying these masts, they’re actually putting lives at risk because these are masts which emergency responders rely upon.”
Julian Knight, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, described the phone mast theories as "crackpot".
NHS England's national medical director, Stephen Powis, said: "The 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it's nonsense, it's the worst kind of fake news.
"The reality is that the mobile phone networks are absolutely critical to all of us."
