Doctors have warned that the UK could see another spike in Covid infections early next year. It comes as cases rose above one million again, with levels increasing in England for the first time since mid-October, according to new figures.
The total number of people in private households in the UK testing positive for coronavirus rose to 1.0 million in the week to November 21, up 6 per cent from 972,400 the previous week, according to the ONS. It is the first increase in UK-wide infections since the week ending October 17 and comes a week after the infection levels dropped below one million for the first time since mid-September.
Tim Spector, from the Zoe Covid health study, said Covid rates are "starting to creep back up", and warned that a spike in infections could occur in the new year. In his latest Youtube update, the epidemiologist said: "We're now over 150,000 estimated cases, which is up about 3.5 per cent from two weeks ago. Nothing dramatic, no big surges, but it's certainly not looking like it's going to go down. One in 32 people at the moment have Covid and the R rate is flat at one."
