Coronavirus infections rose for a fourth successive week in England, with one in 45 people testing positive in the seven days to December 9, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, up from one in 50 the previous week.
Hospital admissions for Covid-19 and influenza are also rising fast, particularly among the elderly, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
A winter wave of Covid-19 is gathering pace in Scotland too, where infections rose to one in 40 from one in 50 the previous week.
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