BA.4 increases with optimism

(and BA.5) UK, infections increasing

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare

Uptick in Covid hospital admissions in England

33% on the week

Increases will continue for weeks (2 or 3)

Caused by omicron sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5

Spreading more readily than BA.2

Office for National Statistics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

Early signs of a possible increase in COVID-19 infections in England and Northern Ireland

Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, in the ascendancy

Taken over from Omicron BA.2