One in 18 Scots were estimated to have had Covid in the last week as the effects of two new variants of the virus become more apparent in Scotland. The Office For National Statistics (ONS) estimates that around 288,200 people would test positive for Covid in the week ending June 24.
Officials make the estimates based off its Covid Infection Survey, which sees a number of volunteers take regular swab and blood tests. The latest figure is an increase on the week previous, where it was estimated that 250,700 people in Scotland - one in 20 - had Covid in the week ending June 17.
Recent increases in the estimated number of people coming down with the virus is said to have been caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants.
