{"id":18963,"date":"2022-06-17T23:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=18963"},"modified":"2022-06-17T23:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:18:39","slug":"covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/17\/covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID cases are growing again with a 40% increase last week."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two new faster-spreading Omicron variants are taking over in the UK, causing an increase in infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Office for National Statistics, 1.4 million Britons were infected with the virus last week \u2013 roughly one in every 50 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a 43% increase from the previous week and the largest increase in six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The latest ONS data confirms the start of the new wave in UK nations,&#8221; said Professor Christina Pagel of University College London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, health officials believe that the hospital toll will be much lower than in previous waves due to widespread immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NHS Medical Director Prof Sir Stephen Powis told the Health Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infections had been at their lowest since last September, but are now on the rise as Germany also faces a summer wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are offshoots of the dominant Omicron strain BA.2, are driving the increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are thought to be more contagious than the original strain and now account for roughly half of all cases in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new faster-spreading Omicron variants are taking over in the UK, causing an increase 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