UK Covid infection rate rising, with more than a million cases in England
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#60FFA)
ONS figures show pandemic is not over, say experts, with Omicron variants probably to blame
Coronavirus infections are rising in the UK, new figures have revealed, with experts noting the increase is probably down to thethe rise of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants.
The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on swabs collected from randomly selected households, reveal that in the week ending 11 June an estimated one in 50 people in the community in England are thought to have had Covid - around 1.13 million people.
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