United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) data estimates suggesting around one in 190 people had Covid-19 in Scotland in the week to August 7, down from one in 120 in the previous week.
Separate figures show the rate of new cases of the virus is currently rising in all four nations, suggesting the sharp fall in Covid-19 cases that had been under way since mid-July has now come to an end.
Prevalence is highest in Northern Ireland where around one in 55 people are estimated to have had the virus last week - unchanged on the previous week and the highest level since late January.This is followed by England, where the number is around one in 75 people, also unchanged from the previous week.The ONS said that while the percentage of.