Omicron is driving the latest surge of infections, with its BA.2 and BA.5 strains proving to be highly transmissible.
The fact travel has opened up once more and people are again attending large concerts and festivals is also linked to the rise in numbers.
The number of hospital admissions has also doubled. Fortunately, however, the number of patients in intensive care has remained fairly low, signaling that this wave is on the whole less deadly.
