The rebound of Covid infections continues in Great Britain, where last week – according to statistical models of the Office for National Statistics (Ons) – there were 3.5 million cases, a surge of 29% compared to the previous week due to largely to the two sub-variants of Omicron, Ba.4 and Ba.5. This is the highest figure since mid-April, but still below the record of 4.9 million in a week recorded at the peak of the Omicron Ba.2 wave in late March. Meanwhile, the number of infected people hospitalized is also growing.
According to data from the Ons, the virus remains widespread in Scotland, where it is estimated that 334 thousand people have had Covid-19 last week, or about one in 16, while in England it is likely that 2.9 million people have contracted. the disease last week, the equivalent of one in 19 people.