Scotland has lowest Covid infection rate in UK by some way

From BBC Scotland in the last hour or so:

The ONS Covid infection survey estimates an average of 107,300 people were infected on any given day in the week up to 24 October – that’s about one in 50 people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53511877

In a long piece there’s no mention of the other nations.

The ONS has it:

  • 2.43% in England (1 in 40 people)
  • 2.38% in Wales (1 in 40 people)
  • 2.17% in Northern Ireland (1 in 45 people)
  • 2.04% in Scotland (1 in 50 people)

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

Scotland has the lowest Covid infection rate in the UK but it’s clearly not in the public interest to know, unlike those times when we don’t have the lowest or when it’s climbing:

Remember, the difference between 1 in 40 and 1 in 50 is not just a wee 10 as some journalists seem to think but tens of thousands not infected in Scotland or hundreds of thousands in England.


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