(ANSA) - LONDON, OCTOBER 22 - The overall percentage of the total number of people infected at the moment by Covid in the United Kingdom dates back, after the decline in the previous 7 days surveyed, according to weekly estimates of the Office for National Statistics (Ons, British equivalent of Istat ). The indication - obtained moreover from a very high number of tests, which peaked yesterday to over 1.1 million in 24 hours - counts a sum of infections, referring to the week of October 15, equal to one individual for every 60 inhabitants of the country: that is to say , in absolute numbers, about 1.1 million infected.
Estimates indicate the greatest increase in the age group of children between 7 and 11 years, for which the medical and health authorities of the island do not recommend vaccines for now; and among which, however, asymptomatic or non-serious cases remain dominant.
In the subdivision between the 4 nations of the Kingdom, Wales has the highest rate of cases (one every 45 inhabitants), followed by England (one every 55, against one every 50 at the peak in January) and Scotland (in the lead in the past few weeks). having reopened schools first, now down to one in 90).
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