One in 15 people in Scotland had the virus last week, The Office for National Statistics estimates.
, suggest about 3.8m people - one in 17 of the UK population - has the virus.
Kara Steel, ONS senior statistician for the survey, said experts were seeing some uncertain trends in the latest data across the UK, as well as in some English regions and among some age groups. But high levels of Covid antibodies among the population - either from vaccination or previous infection - mean the number of people seriously ill or dying remain low.She said: "As we go into winter, we may well see further waves of Covid. It is a virus that is continuing to mutate and change and that's causing real challenges."
The ONS sampling is considered a better indicator than the PHS data as so few people are now reporting test results.revealed that as of 17 July there have been a total of 15,179 deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.Professor Rowland Kao said experts remain concerned about what might happen in the winter
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