Hazel Hiram, of the Scottish Ambulance Service, gives Gillian Fergusson, 40, with her son Ruairidh, a jab in Glasgow this weekOfficial figures have raised hopes that England will follow Scotland in passing the peak of the third wave of Covid-19, as a survey tracking the outbreak confirmed falling cases north of the border. While cases continued to rise in England, according to the Office for National Statistics infection survey, falls were recorded in Scotland, where the daily tally released by the government started going down at the start of this month. SponsoredThe ONS said that one person in 65 had the coronavirus in England in the week ending July 24, or an estimated 856,200 people. The week before the figure was one in 75. However, people can test positive for about two weeks after infection, meaning the ONS measure can lag behind those seen

Source: The Times July 30, 2021 16:52 UTC