during half term holidays. the office for national statistics does regular household testing, which picks up the underlying trend. the latest ons survey suggests that last week, 1.3 million people in the uk had the virus, higher than the peak injanuary. in england, one in 50 people had the virus, in wales, it was one in 40. in both scotland and northern ireland, one in 75 people. there were increases in all the uk s nations. son what might the ons data tell us about this week when it s published? i wouldn t be surprised to see a reduction in our data in the next week or so. however, what we saw this time last year was that little half term reduction followed by a significant increase, so i really am not being complacent there. case rates may be higher, but hospital admissions are about a quarter of the level seen injanuary, thanks to protection
the latest ons survey suggests that last week 1.3 million people in the uk had the virus, higher than injanuary. in england, one in 50 people have the virus, in wales, it was 1 and a0. in both scotland and northern ireland, one in 75 people. there were increases in all the uk s nations. so what might the ons data tell us about this week when it s published? i wouldn t be surprised to see a reduction in our data in the next week or so. however, what we saw this time last year was that little half term reduction followed by a significant increase. so, i really am not being complacent there. covid hospital admissions are about a quarter of a level they were in january, thanks to protection offered by vaccines. but there are warnings that the months ahead could yet be challenging,
or two residents that are just short of the six month point, they can use their discretion and make sure everyone is boosted in the same session. daily reported cases may not be rising, but part of the explanation may be fewer school pupils coming forward for tests during half term holidays. the office for national statistics does regular household testing, which picks up the underlying trend. the latest ons survey suggests that last week, 1.3 million people in the uk had the virus, higher than the peak injanuary. in england, one in 50 people had the virus, in wales, it was one in a0. in both scotland and northern ireland, one in 75 people. there were increases in all the uk s nations. so what might the ons data tell us about this week when it s published? i wouldn t be surprised to see a reduction in our data in the next week or so. however, what we saw this time last year was that little
trent fall. there is a different way of measuring infections carefully watched and this is where the office of national statistics goes out and randomly sampled people in the population, about half a million people in the uk. that can measure notjust people with symptoms but people who are not sick with covid at the time. that data shows in the week to last saturday actually cases where rising slightly, across the uk, short of a million people, 950,000 had covid in that week, up from 830,000 the week before, up in england, wales and northern ireland, down slightly in scotland. why these different trends? a lot could be down to timing, that ons survey measures people up to last saturday, so it might have missed this very recent fall in those daily cases. it
and then test positive. that s what it s measuring. those figures have been very encouraging for the last week or so, showing a sharp downward trend, as you can see here on the graph. on the right hand side of the graph, you are seeing that trend fall down. there is, though, a different way of measuring infections, also very carefully watched. and this is where the office of national statistics goes out and randomly samples people in the population, about half a million people in the uk. and that can measure notjust people with symptoms but people who are not actually sick with co that at the time. that data is outjust in the last 15 minutes. it shows in the week to last saturday, actually, cases were rising slightly. so across the uk, just short of a million people, 950,000 people had covid in that week, up from about 830,000 the week before, up in england, wales and northern ireland, down slightly, actually, in scotland. so why these two different trends, then? it is confusing. a lot