Coronavirus live: efforts to find Covid origin ‘not blame game’ says WHO; Indonesia reports record daily deaths



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The recent drop in new daily reported Covid cases in the UK has led some scientists to hope we may have reached the peak of this wave – but others said the dip could be something of a mirage.

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, based on swabs collected from randomly selected households, about 1 in 75 people in the community in England had Covid in the week ending 17 July, up from 1 in 95 the week before. The survey suggests infection levels have also risen in Wales and Northern Ireland, although the trend for Scotland was unclear.



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