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Edinburgh expert says Scotland experiencing new Covid wave as Omicron cases increase

Scotland is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 infections as cases of two Omicron variants increase, an Edinburgh public health expert has said.

Professor Linda Bauld , of Edinburgh University, was speaking as the latest figures showed the number of Scots believed to have Covid increased to one in 30 last week - up from one in 40 the previous week.

The Office for National Statistics estimates that in the week ending June 11, 176,900 people in Scotland had the virus - about 3.36% of the population.

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