The ZOE health study, which estimates figures for UK Covid infections, suggests there were 97,904 new daily cases of symptomatic infection on September 16.
Despite the low number of cases caused by Pirola, a professor has warned the recent outbreak in Norfolk could suggest the variant is highly transmissible .
As children have returned to school and we are heading to colder months, a professor has urged caution around the new Omicron subvariant responsible for 34 cases so far.