AROUND one in 65 people in private households in England had Covid-19 in the week to November 13, down from one in 60 the previous week, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

One in 65 is the equivalent of about 824,900 people.

The proportion of people who were estimated to have coronavirus at the peak of the second wave in early January was one in 50.

For Scotland, the latest estimate is one in 95, down from one in 85 the previous week and below September’s peak of one in 45.

In Wales, around one in 55 people is estimated to have had Covid-19 in the week to November 13, down from one in 45 the previous week and below the recent record high of one in 40.

In Northern Ireland, the latest estimate is one in 65 people, up from one in 75 the previous week but below the record high of one in 40 in mid-August.

When modelling the level of Covid-19 infections among different age ranges in England, the ONS said rates have decreased in the latest week for those in school years 7 to 11 and school year 12 to age 24, plus 35 to 49-year-olds and people aged 70 and over.

In all other age groups, including from age two to school year 6, the trend in the most recent week was uncertain.

Rates remained highest for those in school years 7 to 11, at 3.6%.

The areas in Scotland with the highest Covid-19 rates for the seven days up to November 14 were Clackmannanshire (600.5 cases per 100,000 people), Moray (572.6 per 100,000), and Falkirk (556.2 per 100,000).

Across the UK as a whole the areas with the highest case rates are Torridge, south-west England (876 per 100,000), Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland (783.5 per 100,000) and Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland (774.1 per 100,000).

This week, Scotland became the first UK nation to give an extra dose of Covid-19 vaccine to more than half of people aged 50 and over.

A total of 1,103,276 booster and third doses had been given to over-50s in Scotland by November 16.