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Covid cases in Scotland jump by almost a third in one week as sub variants surge

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Published date23 June 2022
AuthorLucinda Cameron
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
That figure is up by 30.5 percent from the previous week, when cases were at 11,909

The growing number of cases are reported to be due to several new sub variants of the Omicron train, which caused the UK cases to hit one million. Data also shows that hospital admissions for those with COVID increased to 696 in the week ending June 14, a rise of 15.2 percent from the week before.

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According to the Daily Record, In the seven days to June 19, 20 people were admitted to the ICU, one more than the previous week.

It comes as the UK Health Security Agency evaluated the classification of omicron BA.4 and BA.5 to the status of "variants of concern" because of their observed growth. The PHS said it "continues to monitor COVID-19 variants of concern, in collaboration with other public health agencies in the UK".

The PHS report found that 15.5 percent of cases reported in the week to June 19 were thought to be reinfections. Over that week, the 40-49 age group had the highest proportion of reported cases in Scotland.

The highest proportion of those admitted to hospital were those aged 80 and over, in the week...

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