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Daniel Keane

Covid infections rise 14% in a week in sign autumn wave is underway

Total Covid-19 infections in the UK have risen in the past week (Stock image)

(Picture: PA Wire)

The number of Covid cases has risen by 14 per cent in a week, according to the Office for National Statistics, in a sign that the autumn wave of infection is underway.

More than 1.1 million people in the UK tested positive for the virus in the week ending September 20, up from 927,000 in the previous week.

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