Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the UK, driven by the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the virus.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 2.7 million people in private households are estimated to have had Covid-19 last week, up 18% from 2.3 million the previous week. This is the highest estimate since late April, but is still below the record high of 4.9 million, which was reached at the end of March.
Covid is most prevalent in Scotland, where around one in 17 people have the virus, up from one in 18 the previous week. This is the highest estimate for Scotland since early April.
