A recent rise in Covid infection numbers in Scotland has been described by officials as ‘uncertain’. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that the number of people testing positive for the virus in Scotland on the week ending June 2 was 124,000 - which equates to around one in 40 people, or 2.36 per cent of the population.This figure is a rise on the estimate of 105,900 with the virus in Scotland in the previous week.
As mass testing has come to a conclusion in Scotland, ONS officials are able to make estimates based on their Covid Infection Survey.
Volunteers take a nose/throat swab, while providing a blood sample as part of the study. Similar rises were also recorded in Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
Here is everything we know about the rise in Covid infection estimates in Scotland.It has been suggested that the rise in Covid infection may be due to a newer Covid variants.
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