Covid cases have jumped up by more than 20%
Figures released by the UK Health Security Agency show there has been a sharp increase in covid cases week-on-week. The new variants could already be dominant as the number of people hospitalised with covid in England has also increased.
Earlier this month, Professor Christina Pagel, of University College London, told i: "I think we are at the start of a covid wave driven by the FLiRT variants which are quite likely to be at about 50% of total infections now."
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