Covid-19 cases have spiked by 29 per cent in just one week as experts warn about how long you should wait before returning to work after testing positive.
A total of 3,498,700 people in private homes are estimated to have had the virus in the week up to July 6 and 7 - up from 2,714,900 the previous week, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics on Friday.
ONS adds that one in 19 people in England had the virus last week, compared to one in 17 in Wales, one in 17 in Northern Ireland and one in 16 in Scotland.
