Recent easing of restrictions and waning immunity from the vaccines could be factors behind the rise too.
which tests thousands of people randomly in households across the UK, estimates that 3.3 million people would have tested positive in the week ending 12 March - up from 2.6 million the previous week.Scotland has seen infection levels rise for seven weeks in a row. They have now reached a new record high, with 376,300 people estimated to have had Covid last week, or one in 14.England: 4.9%, up from 3.8% last week - approximately one in 25 peopleNorthern Ireland: 7.1% , down from 7.
Sarah Crofts, head of analytical outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said Scotland was showing the highest level of infections yet.
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