Large covid percentage increases

US, Variant Proportions, omicron mutants proliferate https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions BA.4 8.3% BA.5 13.3% Evolutionally driver Vaccine immune escape More severe? No Same symptoms? Yes Hospital admissions Up 4.6% on the week Seven day average, 4,330 UK covid https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights Week ending 11 June 2022 Percentage testing positive increased in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. Percentage that had COVID-19 in the week 1,131,000 (1 in 50 people) in England 64,800 (1 in 45 people) in Wales 42,900 (1 in 45 people) in Northern Ireland 176,900 (1 in 30 people) in Scotland Deaths involving COVID-19 fall Week ending 3 June 2022 UK, 211 deaths registered in the UK involving coronavirus 258 fewer than the previous week Total deaths registered in the UK, W/E 3rd June 7,881 (16% below the five-year average) 186 deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales 58.1% disease, underlying cause of death (64.9% in the previous week) Antibodies 99.3% in England 99.3% in Wales 99.4% in Northern Ireland 99.4% in Scotland Proportion of those aged under 16 years Antibodies at or above 179ng/ml (23 to 26 May 2022) Aged 8 to 11, 95.9% Aged 12 to 15, 95.7% Testing negative means that an individual did not have enough antibodies to be detected in the test, not that they do not have any immune protection against the virus.