Cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, according to new data from Public Health England.
There were 447,694 diagnoses of STIs made in England in 2018, representing a 5% increase on the numbers from 2017.
In total there were 218,095 cases of chlamydia, 57,318 of first episode genital warts, 56,259 cases of gonorrhoea and 33,867 cases of genital herpes. In comparison there were 424,724 cases of STIs in 2017.