COVID cases are up by a third in a week, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics estimates one in every 30 Brits is now infected. A total of 2.3million people across the UK tested…
The Office for National Statistics estimates one in every 30 Brits is now infected.New strains of the Omicron variant are driving numbers back towards record highs and causing a rise in hospital admissionsA total of 2.3million people across the UK tested positive last week compared with 1.7million a week earlier.variant are driving numbers back towards record highs and causing a rise in hospital admissions.
ONS Covid expert Sarah Crofts said: “Across the UK we’ve seen a continued increase of over half a million infections likely caused by the growth of BA.4 and BA.5 variants.
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