SCOTLAND has the lowest estimate for percentage of people testing positive for Covid in the UK, new figures have revealed.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) found in Scotland, the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus continued to decrease in the week ending January 22. It was estimated that 163,600 people in Scotland had Covid-19, equating to around one in 30 people.
For the same week, England and Northern Ireland had 2,629,400 and 96,500 people with Covid respectively, equating to one in 20 people.
Wales had the same figure as Scotland, with 99,500 people with Covid, equating to one in 30 people.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said the figures show the "positive progress we're making in controlling Covid transmission".
Latest ONS figures continue to show positive progress we're making in controlling Covid transmission, infection levels:
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) January 26, 2022
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NI 1 in 20
In week ending 22nd Jan Scotland has lowest estimate for % of people testing positive for Covid across all 4 Nations https://t.co/gi2K9pQHMQ
It comes after Willie Rennie reported Nicola Sturgeon to the UK Statistics Authority over claims she "seriously twisted" Covid figures.
The First Minister said on January 20 infections were more than 20% higher in England than in Scotland.
But the ONS reported one in 20 people were infected in both Scotland and England in the week ending January 15.
READ MORE: Willie Rennie reports Nicola Sturgeon to stats authority over Covid claims
In that time period the average percentage of people Covid-19 in Scotland was 4.49% compared with 5.47% in England.
In a letter to David Norgrove, the chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Rennie wrote: "I am concerned that these statistics may have been seriously twisted.
"I would be grateful if you could advise on whether the ONS statistics should have been portrayed in this way and whether the First Minister should continue to report statistics in this manner.”
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