Cases of coronavirus have increased markedly in Wales and across the rest of the UK at the same time as Covid hospitalisations are also starting to rise in Wales. The figures have been published on Friday, June 17, by the Office for National Statistics.
The ONS said that Covid cases in all parts of the UK had risen in the last week driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants but that it was too soon to say if it is a new wave. A total of 1.4 million people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus last week, up 43% from 989,800 the previous week.
The figures for Wales released on Friday (June 17), show that 64,800 of people had coronavirus - which equates to 2.13% of the population, or 1 in 45 people. That compares to 40,500 people had the virus in Wales for the week ending June 2 - equating to 1.33% of the population, or around one in 75 people. Read more about those figures here.
