Britain’s daily Covid cases rise by 7% in a week as outbreak continues to grow
Britain’s daily Covid cases rise by 7% in a week to 36,722 as outbreak continues to grow – but deaths and hospitalisations dip by a tenth
Department of Health bosses posted another 36,722 infections, a rise of 6.6 per cent on last week’s figureAnother 150 deaths were added to the Covid death toll, while 659 infected Britons were hospitalisedBoth figures – which lag weeks behind infection rates – are down 10 per cent compared to last week’s data
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Covid cases have risen by seven per cent across the UK, marking the twelfth day in a row that the outbreak has grown week-on-week.
Department of Health bosses posted another 36,722 infections, a rise of 6.6 per cent compared to the 34,460 positive tests recorded last Wednesday.
Britain’s infections have increased steadily after schools reopened this month, allowing the virus to spread among youngsters and be passed on to their parents.
Meanwhile, another 150 deaths were added to the Covid death toll, while 659 infected Britons were hospitalised.
Both figures – which lag several weeks behind cases because of how long it can take for infected patients to become seriously ill – are down 10 per cent compared to last week’s data.
The latest figures means an average of 35,204 people tested positive on any given day in the last week.
Nearly 8million Britons have received a positive lab-reported or lateral flow result since the beginning of the pandemic. At the peak of the second wave last winter, some 81,480 people tested positive on a single day.
The vast majority of the daily infections were spotted in England. Some 29,036 cases were recorded, a rise of 6.3 per cent on the 27,317 positive tests last week.
Meanwhile, cases have fallen by 16.7 per cent to 2,997 in Scotland after the country saw its biggest surge in infections since the pandemic began after pupils returned to classrooms on August 16.
Infections in Scotland peaked at 7,523 on September 2 and have been falling steadily since then.
Experts had always warned of a fresh wave after the return of schools, where the majority are not vaccinated. In the worst-hit parts of the country, up to one in 24 children tested positive last week alone.
And MailOnline analysis this week revealed a fourth wave may be underway, as Covid-infected school-aged children begin to transmit the virus on to their parents.
Meanwhile, Wales saw the biggest week-on-week rise in cases, soaring by 35.6 per cent to 3,369.
And infections are up 24.5 per cent in Northern Ireland, where 1,320 people tested positive, compared to 1,060 last Wednesday.
But the latest rise in cases is not yet reflected in the daily hospitalisation and death figures.
The number of Covid-infected Britons seeking NHS care dropped 11.1 per cent to 659 on Saturday, the latest date figures are available for, compared to 747 admissions one week earlier.
ENGLAND: 29,036 cases were recorded, a rise of 6.3 per cent on the 27,317 positive tests recorded last Wednesday
SCOTLAND: infections fell by 16.7 per cent to 2,997 after the country saw a surge in infections that coincided with pupils returning to classrooms on August 16
WALES: cases soared by 35.6 per cent to 3,369, the biggest week-on-week rise out of the four UK nations
NORTHERN IRELAND: infections are up 24.5 per cent, with 1,320 people testing positive, compared to 1,060 last Wednesday
