The latest ONS survey suggests 376,300 Scots had Covid last week, and the highest rate in the UK.
One in 14 people in Scotland had Covid last week, a new record high, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The R number is a measure of how many other people will have the virus passed on to them by a single infected person.The number of people in hospital with Covid now stands at 2,050, only just below the peak of 2,053 seen in January 2021. For the second week in a row, the ONS data indicates the highest level of Covid in Scotland since sampling began in autumn 2020, with the percentage infected at 7.15%, up from 5.7% last week.The latest Covid surge has surpassed the Omicron spike in January, according to ONS sampling
While BA.2 is believed to be more transmissible, there is no evidence it causes more serious illness than the original BA.1 form of Omicron.
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