//Omicron, as anticipated

Omicron, as anticipated

One in 15 people in England infected

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

had coronavirus in Final week of 2021

(5 January 2022)

One in 15 people in England would have tested positive

London (1 in 10 people)

South West of England
(1 in 30)

England – 3,270,800 people
(1 in 15)

Wales – 157,900 people
(1 in 20)

Northern Ireland – 72,900 people (1 in 25)

Scotland – 238,000 people
(1 in 20)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths fall in England and Wales

Week ending 24 December 2021

England and Wales, deaths

591 deaths from COVID-19 registered,

(1 in every 22 deaths or 4.5%)

Previous week

755 deaths, (6.1% of all deaths registered).