Over one in fifty people in London had the CCP virus last week as the new variant became predominant in the surrounding corner of southeast England, according to the latest official national large-scale swab survey. The latest data from the UK Office for National Statistics show that infection rates rising past the peak in November when England was put into a month-long lockdown. According to the data, 645,800 people in England had the virus—around 1 in 85 people. “Over the most recent week, the percentage of people testing positive has continued to increase sharply in London, the East of England, and the South East,” said the ONS release. “London now has the highest percentage of people testing positive.” In England, infection rates are falling, or flat in all other areas—areas that do not have high levels of the new variant. In Wales, however, where the new strain is lower in level than …