An estimated 1.4 million people or one in 45 has the virus - up from one in 65 the week before. That's a rise of 43%.
Experts say two new fast-spreading subvariants of Omicron -called BA.4 and BA.5 - are behind some of the new infections. BBC News
See also:
- BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron: How worried should we be? BBC News
- 'Long Covid' risk lower with Omicron, study finds BBC News
- UK health chiefs aren't considering jabbing babies against Covid yet The Daily Mail
- Experts tear apart flawed survey which anti-vaxxers have hailed as proof that jabs were never needed The Daily Mail
- Covid hospital numbers consistently rise for first time since April The Daily Telegraph
- UK Covid infection rate rising, with more than a million cases in England The Guardian
- Covid infections increased by 43% in week after platinum jubilee, new estimates show The Independent
- Desperate couple with long Covid planned suicide as ‘neglected’ sufferers struggle The Independent
- Former PMs urge government to increase spending on infectious diseases after Covid setbacks The Independent
- We could be heading into a summer surge of COVID Sky News
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