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UK Covid infections rise due to Omicron virus

Omicron virus
  • Covid infections are driven by highly transmissible variants of the Omicron virus.
  • An estimated 2,154,000 people in England tested positive for drugs last week.
  •  In Wales, about one in 20 people had the virus, up from one in 30 the previous week.

Covid infections have continued to rise across the UK, driven by highly transmissible variants of the Omicron virus, according to a survey by the Office for National Statistics.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that during the week ending June 29, an estimated 2,154,000 people in England tested positive for drugs, representing approximately one in twenty-five people, an increase from one in thirty the previous week.

In Wales, about one in 20 people had the virus, up from one in 30 the previous week.

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