Wednesday 19 October 2022 09:42, UK
By Siba Jackson
The number of COVID-related deaths in England and Wales increased by nearly 40% in a week and reached their highest number since August, figures show.
The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows some 400 deaths registered in the seven days to 7 October mentioned coronavirus on the death certificate. ...
Rise in infections and hospitalisations
Some 1.5million - equating to one in 35 people - in private households in England tested positive for the virus in the week up to 3 October.
This is up from 1.1million, or one in 50 people, the week earlier.
Meanwhile in Wales, an estimated 74,900 people, the equivalent of one in 40 people, have tested positive - an increase from 63,400 or one in 50 people seven days earlier.