{"id":628244,"date":"2022-07-15T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=628244"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:02:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:02:17","slug":"one-in-20-people-have-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/one-in-20-people-have-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"One in 20 People have Covid-19!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Covid-19 is sweeping the nation once again, with a massive increase in cases and new statistics showing that 1 in 20 people in the UK have Covid-19. This means that it has increased by 30% in the latest figures that are being shown.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rise is being driven by fast-spreading sub-variants of Omicron, called BA.4 and BA.5. This has proved that Covid-19 is beginning to spread around the UK once again for another wave and possibly more deadly.<\/p>\n<p>The infection rate has increased by 30%!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-628267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/125924103_optimised-ons_uk_timeseries_15jul-nc-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/125924103_optimised-ons_uk_timeseries_15jul-nc-002.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/125924103_optimised-ons_uk_timeseries_15jul-nc-002-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In the latest report the ONS estimates Covid rates were:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>One in 19 in England &#8211; up from one in 25 the week before<\/li>\n<li>One in 17 in Wales &#8211; up from one in 20<\/li>\n<li>One in 17 in Northern Ireland &#8211; up from one in 19<\/li>\n<li>One in 16 in Scotland &#8211; up from one in 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;Infections are showing no signs of decreasing, with rates approaching levels last seen in March this year at the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;Rates have continued to increase across the UK and among all age groups. We will continue to closely monitor the data.&#8221; said Sarah Crofts!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit:<a class=\"jss694 jss73 jss75 jss74\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/digiart\">Andrii Vodolazhskyi<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 is sweeping the nation once again, with a massive increase in cases and new statistics showing that 1 in 20 people in the UK have Covid-19. 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