Public Health Scotland data shows that on average there were 1,461 patients in hospital last week.
The ONS Covid infection survey estimates there were about 272,000 people infected on any given day in the week up to 20 July - which is about one in 19 people.
In England, one in 20 people within the population tested positive, in Wales one in 19 people and in Northern Ireland one in 16. It is the first fall since May, and suggests the latest wave driven by fast-spreading subvariants of Omicron have peaked.are now the predominant variant in Scotland. Around 3.2 million people in the UK had coronavirus in the week ending 20 July, down more than 500,000 from the week before.
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