Daily COVID-19 figures could be skewed because of the rise in Omicron infections, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Wednesday. This means that death figures could be too high because people are dying from conditions unrelated to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, after testing positive. The health secretary addressed the nation hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed “Plan B” restrictions would be scrapped in England. Javid said that Wednesday’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed a fall in infections, including in older age groups. “Hospitalisations have also fallen over the past week, and the number of COVID patients in intensive care beds is now at the same level as it was back in July,” he said. But the health secretary added that “many” people were being included in the daily death count who “would not have necessarily died of COVID.” “We estimate that …