Across the UK, a total of 2.7 million people in private households are estimated to have had coronavirus in the last week of June - up 18% from 2.3 million the previous week
The number of cases of COVID-19 is continuing to rise in the UK, with the latest figures reaching their highest level since late April, the Office for National Statistics said.
While it is the highest estimate for more than two months, it is still well below the UK's record high of 4.9 million reported at the end of March. In week ending 29 June, the estimated number of people testing positive in England was 2.15 million, or 3.95% of the population, the authority said. That equates to one in 25 of the population - up from 1.8 million, or one in 30, the previous week.In Northern Ireland, the number testing positive was 98,400 - around one in 19 people. That figure has risen from 71,000, or one in 25.
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