Thread by @ONS

In this week’s COVID-19 Infection Survey, we are reporting rising numbers of #coronavirus cases across the UK ow.ly/xrkS50C71uN

Headline estimates for England suggest infections have continued to rise.

Around 1 in 100 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings in England would test positive for #COVID19 (at any given time between 17-23 Oct) ow.ly/ixpa50C71xn

During the most recent week, we estimate there were around 51,900 new #COVID19 infections per day in England ow.ly/ftku50C71E1

There has been growth in the number of infections in all age groups over the past two weeks

▪️ Older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current rates

▪️ Rates also appear to be steeply increasing among secondary school children

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We estimate that in Wales, 26,100 people had #COVID19, or around 1 in 120 people at any given time between 17-23 Oct.

Our modelling also suggests that the number of #COVID19 cases in Wales has increased in recent weeks ow.ly/AA7J50C71Sz

We are also seeing the number of infections rising in Northern Ireland in the most recent weeks.

Our modelling suggests that 24,300 people in Northern Ireland had #COVID19, or around 1 in 80 people at any given time between 17-23 Oct ow.ly/jf9950C71ZJ

It is too early to say whether infections have increased in Scotland yet.

We estimate that 1 in 140 people in Scotland had #COVID19, equating to 37,400 people (for the most recent two weeks of the study) ow.ly/1oAU50C72os