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Daily dashboard data shows 109,802 people tested positive across the UK - a jump of 77.4 per cent in a week. However, the figure includes four days of infection data from Scotland.
Scotland's rise in Covid cases is largely down to Stealth Omicron also known as the BA.2 sub-variant. But what is it?
The new cases on Wednesday include 10,000 positive rapid antigen test results taken from Sunday and Monday that weren't included in previous numbers due to a data processing issue.
LONDON: The new omicron subvariant of COVID-19 was almost as infectious as measles, one of the most contagious diseases in human history, a top virus expert has warned. The variant — dubbed deltacron because it combines elements of the omicron and delta variants — has been detected in parts of France and is understood to have been circulating since January. Prof. Adrian
The new variant - named deltacron - that combines mutations from both Omicron and Delta has been detected in a number of areas of France.