The number of Covid patients in hospital in England and Scotland has continued to increase, according to newly reported figures, as the UK reported 142,224 Covid cases on Monday – the first rise in six days.
According to the latest figures, there were 17,120 Covid patients in hospital in England and 1,432 in Scotland, up from 14,210 and 1,033 respectively on the previous Monday. Figures for Wales and Northern Ireland were not available.
The latest daily case figures, which reflect infections picked up by testing, bring the UK total for the past seven days to 1,201,563, up just 1% compared with the total for the week before. The daily figure fell after 4 January when 218,724 cases were reported – a figure that included a backlog of reporting for Northern Ireland and Wales – to 141,472 on Sunday before rising to 142,224 on Monday.
The figure also does not include reinfections for all the countries in the UK, and reflects cases by date reported rather than by specimen date.
A further 77 deaths in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test were reported on Monday.
