There has been a steep increase in the number of Covid-19 cases detected in the primary school age group, according to the latest Health Protection Surveillance Centre data.

Last week 7,359 cases were recorded in the 5–12-year-old age group. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous week.

The proportion of this age group testing positive out of the general population has also increased to 21.5% of all cases. Last week it was at 19.6%.

The rise in positive cases in this age group is likely to be as a result of increased testing of children, since the schools' antigen testing programme was rolled out last Monday week.

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