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Scotland's Covid cases tripled in a fortnight after schools returned from the summer holidays, official figures suggested today — as the outbreak in England plateaued days before classrooms opened.
The Office for National Statistics weekly report estimated 117,300 Scots, or one in 45 people, were infected with the virus on any given day in the week to September 3.
This was more than 200 per cent above infections two weeks ago when 36,700 Scots had the virus, or one in 140, and marked the first time the country's weekly figures have surged into six-figures since the pandemic began.
In England, however, infections remained level after the ONS estimated there were 754,600 people infected with the virus, or one in 70, barely a change from the previous week.
Both Northern Ireland and Wales — where schools return at the same time as England — saw a rise in infections by 10 per cent and 66
