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Sophie Corcoran

Study reveals where Covid cases are the highest and lowest across the UK

Coronavirus infections continue to fall, despite restrictions being relaxed and a change in self-isolation rules.

Based on PCR and lateral flow test data from up to five days ago, the are currently 43,693 new daily symptomatic cases of coronavirus in the UK on average.

This is a slight fall from the 45,911 new cases reported on average last week, according to the Zoe Covid Symptom Study.

The study says that according to the latest government figures, 40,841,971 people in the UK have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, which equals 77 per cent of the population.

It has been estimated that there are currently 13,604 new daily symptomatic cases in people that have had two vaccinations in the UK.

The study says that cases in this group are slightly increasing again after a few weeks of decreasing.

The Zoe Covid Study UK Infection Survey results over time (ZOE COVID STUDY)

On average, one in 105 people in the UK currently have symptomatic Covid. The UK's R value is estimated to be 1.0. England and Ireland's R value is 1 and Scotland's is 1.1.

The Zoe study says new cases are the lowest in Scotland and Wales.

Professor Tim Spector, lead scientist on the Zoe Covid Study app, said: "Daily cases of Covid remain stubbornly high but it's reassuring to see that unlike in previous waves, these rates aren't yet translating into high numbers of hospitalisations and deaths.

"However, seeing what is happening with increasing deaths in Israel we need to be vigilant.

A map of UK prevalence figures (ZOE COVID STUDY)

"While vaccines have helped to reduce the severity of the disease, this stalling in cases suggest that we're starting to see the protection provided by vaccines waning, meaning more fully vaccinated people could be infected in the future.

"With children in Scotland heading back to the classrooms this week, and cases starting to rise again there, we'll be keeping a close eye in the numbers. As in the past, steep rises in cases have been closely associated with the return to school. Now many more young people have been infected by Covid-19.

"We're hoping this immunity will lead to a lower spike in cases following the summer holidays than in the past. If there is another big wave of infections, it will raise the hotly debated topic of whether we will vaccinate more children to try and achieve herd immunity or re-vaccinate older adults whose immunity is waning."

London has the highest amount of Covid cases in England, according to the study (Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock)

The areas where Covid cases are at their highest in the UK (The total new symptomatic cases per day, the R value and the prevalence of Covid-19 in the area

UK: 43,693, 1.0, 1 in 105

England: 38,429, 1.0, 1 in 100

London : 7,042, 1.0, 1 in 83

South East: 6,018, 1.1, 1 in 114

North West: 4,734, 1.0, 1 in 101

East of England: 3,919, 1.0, 1 in 109

West Midlands: 3,665, 1.0, 1 in 114

South West : 3,651, 1.0, 1 in 110

East Midlands: 2,734, 0.9, 1 in 114

Yorkshire and the Humber: 2,733, 1.0, 1 in 81

Scotland: 2,229, 1.1, 1 in 209

North East: 1,880, 0.9, 1 in 81

Wales: 1,587, 1.0, 1 in 146

Northern Ireland: 1,448, 0.9, 1 in 81

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