According to official data, Covid infections have skyrocketed to almost one-third in a week.
Currently, about 2.3 million people in the UK are infected with Covid, an increase of more than 500,000, or about 32 percent, from the previous week.
Covid hasn’t been so prevalent in the community since late April, but the current wave is significantly more serious than the highest ever 4.9 million infections at the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave earlier this year. Not.
A weekly coronavirus infection survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (ONS) found that one in thirty people in the United Kingdom was infected with Covid during the week leading up to June 24th.
Prevalence was similar in Wales, slightly higher in Northern Ireland (1 in 25) and particularly high in Scotland (1 in 18).
The data also show that infection is increasing in all regions and all age groups, and ONS is due to BA.4 and BA.5 and is now more infectious than the original strain of Omicron. The predominant subvariant.
Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Output for the Covid-19 Infection Investigation, said: ..
“This rise is seen in all ages, countries and regions of England. We will continue to closely monitor the data to see if this growth will continue in the coming weeks.”
The ZOE Symptom Tracker app, which monitors cases with Covid’s symptoms, estimates that cases have increased by 27% as of this week, indicating that the summer wave hasn’t diminished yet.
“New wave can soon exceed 300,000 a day.”
Professor Tim Spector, ZOE’s scientific co-founder, said: ..
“Our app-based data is in good agreement with last week’s ONS survey, but the results are up to a week behind.
“This increase is primarily due to the Omicron BA.5 Covid mutant, which is currently predominant in the UK. This mutant is particularly good at anti-immunity, and despite vaccines and innate immunity, people re-especially in the past. Increasing infections for several weeks.
“There are so many festivals going on, and I predict that prices will continue to rise next week or so.
“The only good news is that the symptoms are still mild and the number of deaths is lower than in the other early waves, but worrisomely the number of hospitalizations is increasing rapidly.
“We advise you to protect yourself by wearing a high-quality FFP2 or FFP3 mask in a crowded or poorly ventilated area and, if possible, testing yourself if you have Covid symptoms.”
News of an astonishing increase in infectious diseases came in the same week that ONS announced that it would push Gold Standard’s infectious disease research back to the wall and digitize it, with some medical affairs saying that data collection standards would drop. It leads to criticism from others.
“Many people are vigilant.”
Professor Denis Kinane, a professor of immunology at the University of Bern and the founder of Cignpost Diagnostic, told The Telegraph that many people “did not be alert” to Covid.
“I thought it was great to have Jubilee and everything else. Like everyone else, I’m glad I don’t wear a mask most of the time, but I need two or three. I think there is one. All.
“You need to be careful when you are in a crowd. Ideally you need to be vaccinated and keep a distance in a closed space.
“One of the biggest things we have to do is when we find out that Covid can be isolated without mixing with people or wearing masks.
“There are a lot of people who aren’t vigilant right now. I don’t want to get sleepwalking here. In Scotland, it’s currently 5%, which is terrible.”
Data released on Friday also show that Covid was the largest murderer in England and Wales in 2021 and killed 67,350 people. According to ONS data, the virus accounts for about 1 in 9 of the 586,334 deaths registered in England and Wales last year.
Dementia was the second leading cause of death (61,250) after heart disease (56,960).