Covid-19 infections continue to rise in most parts of UK

One in 65 is the equivalent of around 856,200 people, up from an estimated 741,700 people in the previous week.

Infection levels in England and Northern Ireland are estimated to be the highest since the end of January. Picture: Zoe Linkson/PA

Covid-19 infections are continuing to rise in most parts of the UK, though there are signs the rate of increase in England might have slowed, new figures suggest.

Around one in 65 people in private households in England had Covid-19 in the week to July 24, up from one in 75 in the previous week, according to the latest estimates from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS).