Wales remains the UK nation with the highest Covid-19 infection rate despite a fall in cases for the third week in a row, latest figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 131,600 people in Wales had the virus in the week ending April 30, equating to 4.33% of the population or around one in 25 people.
That's a drop from the 172,300 people (5.67%) with the disease in Wales during the previous week, or around one in 18 people. It was a similar picture in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with each seeing a significant fall in their Covid levels. In England, around one in 35 (2.91%) had Covid in the week ending April 30, while it was one in 30 in Scotland (3.55%) and one in 40 (2.45%) in Northern Ireland.
The data suggests that the recent surge of coronavirus, driven in the main by the Omicron BA.2 variant, has peaked and is now decreasing week-on-week. However, the virus is still circulating across much of the country. You can get more health news and other Covid updates by subscribing to our coronavirus daily briefing newsletter here.
