Latest updates: ONS figures represent around 1.13% of population; Operation Moonshot trial launches in Liverpool on Friday
- Will Operation Moonshot pass its first test fighting Covid in Liverpool?
- Operation Moonshot: rapid Covid test missed over 50% of cases in pilot
- Labour urges Patel to act on lockdown domestic abuse
- Abuse of babies is up by a fifth during Covid crisis, Ofsted says
- Global coronavirus updates – live
12.26pm GMT
When modelling the level of infection among different age groups, the ONS said older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest positivity rates, though rates “now appear to be levelling off” in this group.
All other age groups have seen an increase in rates over recent weeks, the ONS added.
12.20pm GMT
The highest regional infection rates remain in north-west England and Yorkshire and the Humber, the ONS said.
The rates are estimated to have increased in all regions over recent weeks, except north-east England where they “appear to have levelled off”.
Continue reading…Latest updates: ONS figures represent around 1.13% of population; Operation Moonshot trial launches in Liverpool on FridayWill Operation Moonshot pass its first test fighting Covid in Liverpool?Operation Moonshot: rapid Covid test missed over 50% of cases in pilotLabour urges Patel to act on lockdown domestic abuseAbuse of babies is up by a fifth during Covid crisis, Ofsted saysGlobal coronavirus updates – live 12.26pm GMTWhen modelling the level of infection among different age groups, the ONS said older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest positivity rates, though rates “now appear to be levelling off” in this group.All other age groups have seen an increase in rates over recent weeks, the ONS added. 12.20pm GMTThe highest regional infection rates remain in north-west England and Yorkshire and the Humber, the ONS said.The rates are estimated to have increased in all regions over recent weeks, except north-east England where they “appear to have levelled off”. Continue reading…