London, Europe Brief News- Nearly one in 18 has Covid virus in the UK Covid infections have continued to climb across the country.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed nearly 3.5 million people, or one in 18, has the virus – that’s up from 2.7m, or one in 25, the week before.
The rise is being driven by fast-spreading sub-variants of Omicron, called BA.4 and BA.5.
People are still able to catch the infection even if they have had Covid before.
The data is collated by testing thousands of people from UK households – whether they have symptoms or not – to estimate how much virus is around.
Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: “Infections are showing no signs of decreasing, with rates approaching levels last seen in March this year at the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave.
“Rates have continued to increase across the UK and among all age groups. We will continue to closely monitor the data.”
Hospital admissions of people in England with Covid are also rising, but that increase is showing signs of slowing down.
The rate of admissions stood at 17.9 per 100,000 people in the week ending July 10, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
