COVID infections are surging again in most parts of the UK just days before Christmas, figures suggest. It comes as flu hospitalisations in England doubled in just one week as the NHS braces for&nb…
The majority of infections are found among 25 to 34-year-olds, with 2.9 per cent likely to have the virus – the equivalent of one in 35.
The jump in infections is likely to be driven by people mixing more indoors, health experts said, and comes as other winter viruses are circulating more widely. During the main waves of coronavirus earlier in 2022, the total peaked at nearly four million in July and just under five million in March. Michelle Bowen, ONS head of health surveillance, said infections have begun to increase again across “most of the UK”, though “the trend varies across the English regions and ages”.The latest figures suggest the UK is facing its third winter in a row with Covid-19 on the rise.
But unlike in 2020 and 2021, when coronavirus was the main driver of sickness and hospitalisations, this winter is seeing other viruses becoming more prevalent.
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