The number of people in England currently suffering from Covid-19 has risen to one in 45, according to the latest data.
The data from the Office for National Statistics accounts for 2.31 per cent of the English population, with the situation roughly similar in Scotland (2.22 per cent) and Wales (2.21 per cent) and around half of that, 1.14 per cent or one in 90, in Northern Ireland.
