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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

New Covid wave explained as virus now 'more dangerous' and top 3 UK hotspots revealed

Britain could be facing a new wave of Covid infections driven by Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, with three counties in particular seeing a massive surge.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) up to June 2 indicates England and Northern Ireland are starting to see a rise in cases.

However the trends were unclear for Wales and Scotland.

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