Rates of Covid-19 are rising to the highest recorded in Scotland since April as one in 18 had the virus last week, according to new figures.
New data from the Official National Statistics (ONS) states that 288,200 people had the virus in the week ending June 24 and is the highest figure since early April. It is expected that this rise has come from an outbreak of the sub-variants of the Omicron strain - BA.4 and BA.5.
According to ZOE Health Study, the new BA.5 variant is, "particularly good at immune escape, causing a sharp increase in reinfections in people in spite of vaccines and natural immunity, particularly over the past few weeks".
