{"id":47082,"date":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=c8b2e54b4a389ba032b4824f1d6ae05b"},"modified":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","slug":"covid-infections-rise-by-two-thirds-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/covid-infections-rise-by-two-thirds-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid infections rise by two-thirds in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
The number of people infected with coronavirus in the UK has risen by as much as two-thirds, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It estimates that around 100,000 people tested positive in the week to 29 May, or one in 660 people – up from 60,000 the previous week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A growing proportion looked like they were the Delta variant, first detected in India, the ONS said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Infections were rising most steeply in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A further 6,278 confirmed cases in the UK were announced by the government in official figures on Friday, with 954 people in hospital with Covid and 11 deaths recorded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Jordan News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The number of people infected with coronavirus in the UK has risen by as much as two-thirds, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.It estimates that around 100,000 people tested positive in the week to 29 May, or one in 660 people – up from 60,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n