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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nina Massey & Ryan Merrifield

'Unprecedented' levels of Covid in the UK in January - worst-hit group revealed

There were unprecedented levels of coronavirus infection in England this month with Omicron almost completely replacing Delta, data suggests.

The highest prevalence was seen in primary school children at 7.81%, while overall it was 4.41% between January 5 and 20 this year.

It means that during this period one in 23 people in England was infected with Covid.

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