The number of people contracting the coronavirus has risen rapidly in London, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
Other areas are also seeing spikes in infections, including Eastern England, the East Midlands and South East England, the ONS added.
But the capital now has the second highest rate of coronavirus in the country, with 1.4 per cent of people in private households testing positive in the latest round of the ONS’s regular Covid survey.
The East Midlands is also a hotspot, with a similar 1.4 per cent positive rate, while in North East England the figure is 1.2 per cent.
Even though the latest national lockdown only ended two weeks ago, the ONS’s data modelling suggests infection rates are already rising again in all age groups, with the only exceptions young adults (school year 12 to age 24) and 50 to 69-year-olds.
