The number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients also continues to increase, and initial signs also show an increase in the number of elderly patients in intensive care units.
An estimated 2.3 million people in households were sick with Covid-19 last week, which is 32% more than a week ago, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
This is the highest estimated number of cases since the end of April, but less than the record number of 4.9 million people sickened at the end of March.
The representative of the National Bureau of Statistics stated that the number of sick people has increased in all age groups and in all regions, and promised to continue monitoring the situation.
The virus is most widespread in Scotland, where last week 288,200 people fell ill with Covid-19, or one in 18 people fell ill, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In England, 1.8 million people (one in 30), 106,000 (one in 30) in Wales and 71,000 people (one in 25) in Northern Ireland had Covid-19 last week, the Office for National Statistics estimated.
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