COVID cases have jumped by 30 per cent in the last week, with 1.7million Brits now having the bug, data has revealed. Brits have been warned to protect their grandparents as we head into the winter…
Separate data from the ZOE Symptom Tracker app also found that cases have risen by 34 per cent in the last two weeks.
NHS data also showed that rates have dipped slightly in recent days - with all figures remaining well below the levels reached in all waves. "Whilst this is concerning, it is too early to say whether these are deaths due to Covid-19 and it is reassuring that at this stage there is no overall excess mortality.
A total of 10,608 people with coronavirus were in hospital as of 8am on October 12 - this is up 10 per cent from 9,631 a week earlier and is the highest figure since July 29.wave took hold in the UK last year, the majority of people who get the bug are experiencing common cold like signs.