BREAKING: The number of people testing positive for COVID in the UK has risen to almost 3.5 million, ONS figures show. More here: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
The number of people testing positive for COVID in the UK has risen to almost 3.5 million, latest figures show.
In England, an estimated 2,873,600 people had coronavirus in the week to 6 July, according to the Office for National Statistics .The total is the largest since mid-April and 29% higher thanRevealed:According to the ONS, the estimated percentage of the community population - that is people not in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings - who had COVID in the latest week was 5.27% in England, or one in 19 people.
The figure was 6.04% in Wales, one in 17 people, 5.86% in Northern Ireland, also one in 17 people, and 6.34% in Scotland, or one in 16 people.
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