Coronavirus infections in England have increased to the same levels as seen at the height of the second wave in January, data has revealed, with one in 50 people in the community having the virus last week, APA reports quoting The Guardian.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, based on swabs collected from randomly selected households, an estimated 2% of people had Covid in the week ending 22 October – about 1,102,800 people. More than 9% of children in school years 7 to 11 were also infected.
The figures mark a rise on the week before, when about one in 55 people in the community in England were thought to have Covid. Such levels were last seen in the weeks around late December and early January, when the second wave of Covid swept across the country.
In Wales, the latest estimates are even higher, with an estimated one in 40 people thought to have had Covid in the week ending 22 October, compared with about one in 75 in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The survey further revealed that infection levels rose in all age groups that week, except for those in school year 12 to aged 34 years where the trend was uncertain.
The data also suggests that the situation is far from uniform across England. While infection levels have risen in regions including the east Midlands, West Midlands, London and the south-west, in some areas – such as the north-west and north-east the trend was unclear.
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