Office for National Statistics figures suggest that about one person in 40 had the virus last week.
The number of people testing positive for Covid in Scotland rose last week, according to the latest figures.
The ONS figures said there were signs of a possible increase in cases among those aged between 30 and 40 in Scotland. Omicron BA.1 caused a surge in infections across the UK in December and early January, while BA.4 and BA.5 are newer variants that were recently classified by the UK Health Security Agency as "variants of concern".
She said infection rates in Scotland had been "plateauing" at about one in 45 or one in 50 in Scotland for the past month after a big decline earlier in the year. Ms Evans said the new wave appeared to be driven by "not one or two, but a few new variants that are starting to gather dominance".The ONS data is seen as being the most accurate measure of Covid rates since the end of mass testing
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