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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 uks nations. son what might the ons data tell us about this week when its published...

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 uks nations. so what might the ons data tell us about this week when its published? i wouldnt 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—...

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 tha...

Is a new potentially troublesome variant, then there is very little chance the government will want to risk importing it into this country. but the actual metrics, the criteria they use, they have never told us. you do look at some countries and then you look at the data and you think, how has this decision been arrived at. in terms of what is taking place in the uk, how would you describe our current level of transmission? a£111" you describe our current level of transmission?— you describe ...

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But the survey is seen as a more reliable source of data because its based on a random sample of swabs from households, including people who are asymptomatic, so it gives a bigger picture of whats going on rather than the daily figures that rely on people coming forward with symptoms. now, weve also had the r number for england, and its fallen compared to last week. its now 0.8—1.1, so, to put that into context, for every 10 infected people, on average theyd expect to pass the virus on to betw...

With another two months to go until prices go up, theres still time to shop around for a better deal. colletta smith, bbc news, in warrington. the latest official weekly figures for coronavirus infections in the uk have confirmed that the number of cases is falling. the office for national statistics estimates that just over 810,000 people had covid—19 last week —140,000 less than the previous seven days. our health correspondent katharine da costa told me that while the ons said its encoura...

Coming through in the ons data. so, you know, we were never going to see anything of the decline in this weeks ons data. we have to wait until next friday before we see that coming through. until next friday before we see that coming through-— until next friday before we see that coming through. interesting. so how useful is the — coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons _ coming through. interesting. so how useful is the ons data? _ coming through. interesting. so how useful is...

Will actually start again, plateauing again fairly quickly. lies that? is that because of the success of the vaccination programme or are there other factors? vaccination has a lot to do with it. its more than that, because as we can see, there are a lot more people who have antibodies that have been vaccinated in the country. its partly the vaccine but its also people having had the infection and recovering from it. if we look at the ons data, even in mid—june which was the last antibody surv...