The latest ONS data shows that one in 20 people in London had COVID during the week ending 19 December.
An estimated 1.7 million people had coronavirus across the UK last week, the highest number since comparable records began last year, new figures suggest.outside hospital or a care setting during the week ending 19 December.
In England there were 1.5 million people with the virus that week - the equivalent of one in 35 people.variant have been detected, at a rate of one in 20 people. It was lowest in Scotland, where the figure was one in 65, followed by Wales with one in 45 and Northern Ireland at one in 40.Commenting on the figures, UK Health Security Agency chief executive Dr Jenny Harries said the UK"hasn't seen rates like this" since comparable figures were first published in autumn 2020.
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