Covid-19: Omicron sub variants driving new wave of infections in UK, BMJ

Cases and hospital admissions with covid are now rising sharply, official figures show. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), released on 17 June, show that covid infections are up 43% week on week. The covid-19 infection survey for the week ending 11 June shows that an estimated 1 in 50 people in England would test positive for covid, up from 1 in 70 the week before. In Scotland the figure is now 1 in 30 people and in Northern Ireland and Wales, 1 in 45 people. The percentage of people testing positive increased in all English regions except the north east, where the trend was uncertain. The percentage of people testing positive increased in all age groups.
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