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LONDON (Reuters) – The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England almost doubled in the last week of May, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.
The ONS said that an estimated 1 in 640 people in England had COVID-19 in the week ending May 29, compared to 1 in 1,120 a week earlier, and added that it had seen an increase in cases that are likely to be the Delta variant of coronavirus first detected in India.
(Reporting by Andy Bruce and Sarah Young; Editing by Kate Holton)
