immunity and protect us from dangerous viruses. and that s been thrown into sharper focus by the latest hospital admission figures, up nearly 20% week on week. sage experts say it s unlikely they ll go higher than the peak injanuary, but planning for possible new measures should begin now. hugh pym, bbc news. it s been a busy week of action in european football including the new europa conference league. and the game s expansion with more competitions is set to continue with plans for a bigger champions league announced earlier this year. it all means more flights for clubs and fans and more emissions. is the global game doing enough to counter climate change? katie gornall reports. football is a global game, and it s growing all the time. in europe, new tournaments are popping up, existing ones expanding, while big games are being held further and further afield. but, at a time when everyone is being urged to help tackle climate change, is football playing its part? thomas hal
driven so far by infections among schoolchildren. though vaccinations of the 16 s have only been under way for a month. data for england last week from the ons says the sharpest rises in case rates were among children, but there were among children, but there were slight increases recorded as well amongst some older age groups. covid hospital admissions are also rising, near 20% week on week. the sage experts say it is unlikely they will go higher than the peak in january, but planning for possible new measures should begin now. hugh pym, bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for our world: lebanon on life support. lebanon, on the eastern coast of the mediterranean. after decades of corruption and financial mismanagement, the
national statistics shows that last week in england 1 in 55 people had virus. that was an increase. in wales, at1 in a5, and northern ireland, at1 in 130, the trend was said to be uncertain. in scotland, 1 in 90 had the virus that was down on the previous week. this map shows in more detail varying infection rates around the uk. the lighter colours show the lowest rates, the darkest colours, the highest, including north west england and parts of south wales. covid case increases have been largely driven so far by infections among schoolchildren, though vaccinations of under 16s have only been under way for a month. data for england last week from the ons reveals that the sharpest rises in case rates were among children, but there were slight increases recorded as well amongst some older age groups. covid hospital admissions are also rising, up nearly 20% week on week. the sage experts say it s unlikely they ll go higher than the peak injanuary,
largely driven so far by infections among schoolchildren, though vaccinations of under 16s have only been under way for a month. data for england last week from the 0ns reveals that the sharpest rises in case rates were among children, but there were slight increases recorded, as well, amongst some older age groups. vaccines boost our immunity and l protect us from dangerous viruses. a new government campaign has been launched urging people of all ages who haven t had a jab to get one and those eligible to get a booster. and that s been thrown into sharper focus by the latest hospital admission figures, up nearly 20% week on week. sage experts say it s unlikely they ll go higher than the peak injanuary, but planning for possible new measures should begin now. hugh pym, bbc news. health officials in the uk say a new mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling delta plus may spread more easily than regular delta.
a new government campaign has been launched urging people of all ages who haven t had a jab to get one and those eligible to get a booster. and that s been thrown into sharper focus by the latest hospital admission figures, up nearly 20% week on week. sage experts say it s unlikely they ll go higher than the peak injanuary, but planning for possible new measures should begin now. hugh pym, bbc news. let s take a look at the latest figures now on coronavirus, which show that there were 49,298 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. that means on average in the past week there were 47,415 cases per day. the number of people in hospital with covid has increased to 8,238. there were 180 more deaths recorded, that s people who have died within 28 days of a positive test. that takes the average number of deaths over the past seven days to 135. on vaccinations 86.3 % of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose.