UK: Covid on the rise in FIFTH wave of the year

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The UK ZOE app is showing Covid cases are once again on then rise in what would be the fifth wave of 2022 in the UK.

Although the ongoing cases chart from ZOE is yet to show the new wave, it’s clear that cases are starting to rise from a higher level than 2021 winter wave.

 

 

The subvariants driving the new wave are shown below:

 

 

We will be updating this post with the latest numbers as the wave progresses.

 

UPDATE 1 – 23RD November 2022 – ongoing symptomatic cases are over 2 million.

 

 

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** This post was originally published on November 20, 2022 **