It rises from 1.7 million people last week and is the highest estimate for total infections since late April. However, it is still below the high record of 4.9 million reached at the end of March. Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 are probably behind the latest increase, the National Statistics Office said. They are considered to be the most dominant executives in the United Kingdom. The virus continues to be more prevalent in Scotland, where 288,200 people were likely to test positive for COVID last week, or one in 18. This increases every week from 250,700 or one in 20. In England, more than 1.8 million people were likely to have the virus last week, equivalent to about one in 30. That is up from 1.4 million, or one in 40, last week. Wales has seen infections rise sharply to 106,500, or one in 30, from 68,500 to 45. In Northern Ireland, infections increased to about 71,000 people, or one in 25, from 59,900 or one in 30. Sarah Crofts, head of ONS analytical results for COVID-19 contamination research, said: and BA.5. “This rise is observed in all ages, countries and regions of England. “We will continue to monitor the data closely to see if this growth continues in the coming weeks.”
