▫ 174,982 COVID infections on the UK government dashboard in relation to the last 7 days 📈
▫ 13,704 hospital admissions in 7 days 🚨
▫ 17,883 patients currently in hospital 🚨
▫ 336 patients in ICU 🚨
▫ 508 deaths in 24h 🚨
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First published in April 2022.
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latest details
- 508 deaths due to coronavirus in the latest report (today for the last 24 hours).
- 26,147 new coronavirus infections in the latest report (today for the last 24 hours) and the actual number UK-wide is potentially significantly higher, always worth checking out the data provided by the ONS and by the King’s College team in the accompanying tables.
- The total number of coronavirus infections reported across the UK in the last 7 days was 174,982, while in the last 28 days 1,376,538 infections have been reported.
- 1,340 deaths due to coronavirus have been reported in the last 7 days.
- The number of deaths in the past week equates on average to around 191 deaths each of the past 7 days. If this was to be the “new normal” for daily deaths caused by COVID-19, then annually this would equate to around 69,871 deaths across the UK.
- Meanwhile, a total of 5,555 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported across the UK in the last 28 days.
- 1,609 COVID-19 hospital admissions occurred on 15 April 2022.
- 17,883 patients suffering from COVID-19 are currently occupying hospital beds – reported as of 19 April 2022.
- 336 COVID-19 patients are occupying mechanical ventilation beds – according to the data reported on 19 April 2022.
- All three of these healthcare measures a continuing concern for our seriously under-pressure NHS.
SO FAR:
- 811 days since the first infection due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported in Britain (31 January 2020)
- 775 days since the first reported death (6 March 2020). Coronavirus has now been responsible for infecting around 21.9 million people in the UK (according to the official reported positive cases data)
- In this time, the virus has been responsible for at least 172,386 deaths (within 28 days of a first positive test result). Official data also currently indicate there have been (at least) 188,991 deaths in total, where the deceased person’s death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes, registered up to Friday 1 April 2022, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

(Source: UK Health Security Agency)
latest guidance
After two years without updating its list of just three symptoms of COVID-19 (a high temperature, a new continuous cough and a loss or change to the sense of smell or taste), the NHS has finally updated its list of symptoms of COVID:
😩 Shortness of breath
🥱 Feeling tired or exhausted
🤕 An aching body
🤯 A headache
🤐 A sore throat
🤧 A blocked or runny nose
😞 Loss of appetite
🥴 Diarrhoea
🤮 Feeling sick or being sick






(Source: Gov.uk)
latest news
Around 53% of survey respondents reported that they fully complied with advice on self-isolation during interviews between 17 and 26 March 2022. This figure is statistically significantly lower than those reported in early March 2022 (64%) and February 2022 (80%).
In the week beginning 28 March 2022, the percentage of adults that had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 remained high in all UK nations. In England, 98.9% of the adult population were estimated to have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 at or above a threshold of 179 nanograms per millilitre. The percentage of adults with antibodies was 98.8% in Wales, 99.2% in Northern Ireland, and 99.0% in Scotland.
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covid tweets
New #Omicron sub-variant, 'thought to be the most infectious yet, is becoming more prevalent in the #USA, according to @CDCgov'.
— Dr Joe Pajak FRSC CSci 💙 NHS FT Governor (@JoePajak) April 20, 2022
'BA.2.12.1, is estimated to be 23% to 27% more transmissible than its predecessor, BA.2'.#CovidIsNotOver https://t.co/wxJWrPtrSB
Quick update on Omicron BA.4 variant - it's now about 70% of cases in Gauteng province in S Africa & cases there now climbing. BA.4 still v low elswhere, but other Omicron subvariants growing - e.g. B.2.12.1 in New York.
— Prof. Christina Pagel 🇺🇦 (@chrischirp) April 20, 2022
Charts by @Mike_Honey_ & @jason_u_presume pic.twitter.com/HKTWGvVJ6D
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“508 deaths have been reported on the UK government dashboard today in relation to the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 1,340 deaths due to COVID have been reported in the last 7 days, and 5,555 deaths in the last 28 days. COVID surely is not over?” – Dr Joe Pajak.
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variant news
■ 🧬 COG-UK sequencing
“In the United States, the BA.2 variant’s new spin-off, the BA.2.12.1 sub-subvariant, is now surging exponentially. It is so infectious that it is outpacing even BA.2 and completely displacing Omicron, which is now near extinct. Together BA.2 and BA.2.12.1 are now 94% of all strains in the US,” Dr Eric Feigl-Ding explains. Is this what should be expected to soon hit the UK because of the UK government’s ‘Living With Covid’ strategy?
(Source: COG-UK)
full uk data
📈 UK COVID-19 data

(Source: UK Health Security Agency)
■ 🧮 Case & Death Totals
🦠21,890,037 positive cases so far to date (recorded) – Since the first case was reported at the end of January 2020
🕯️172,386 deaths so far – Number recorded within 28 days of first positive test result – since the first reported death on 6 March 2020
🕯️ 188,991 total deaths – Total number of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes – Registered up to Friday 1 April 2022 – according to the UK dashboard
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💉 Latest UK Vaccination


(Source: UK Health Security Agency + Public Health Wales
+ Public Health Scotland + HSC NI + ONS)
Note: Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
PMP Xtra
Total UK population: 67,081,234 (last year: 66,796,800), via ONS (subject to changes in population over the year). These figures were updated on 25 June 2021. (Source: ONS)
long covid
🧩 Long COVID UK
🚨 1.7 million people currently live with long COVID in the UK
🚨 2.7% of the UK population currently live with long COVID
🚨 1 in 37 people in the UK has long COVID
🚨 Long COVID symptoms adversely affect the day-to-day activities of 1.1 million people (67% of long COVID sufferers)
🚨 Of those, 322,000 people (19%) are “limited a lot”
🚨 Most common symptoms of long COVID:
▫ fatigue (51%)
▫ shortness of breath (34%)
▫ loss of smell (28%)
▫ muscle ache (24%)
🚨 Prevalence of long COVID is greatest in people:
▫ aged 35-49 years
▫ females
▫ living in more deprived areas
▫ working in social care, teaching, education or health care
▫ with another activity-limiting health condition or disability
(Source: ONS)
education
- Absence & Attendance in Schools

additional data
(Sources: UK Health Security Agency + Welsh Government
+ Scottish Government + N-I Ministry of Health)
■ Population Testing Positive for COVID-19
(Source: ONS)
■ Number of contact tracing alerts sent (England & Wales)
(Source: NHS)
(Source: University of Oxford)
data sources
📚 Sources:
- Daily summary: Coronavirus in the UK | UK Government
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) NHS Advice | PMP Magazine
- Variants: distribution of cases data | UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- Vaccination Data | UK Government
- What’s new | UK Government
Notes:
- UK data will not necessarily fully reflect the numbers in specific measures, e.g., where there are data issues, delays due to IT issues, or issues with reporting arrangements for the four nations. It is important therefore to note the specific reporting cycles of UK Covid-19 data when looking at how data are presented. Seven-day rolling averages are often used to help ‘smooth’ the various reporting cycles across different nations; nevertheless, care is needed when seeking to gain an accurate picture of the situation at any time. The deaths’ data used in the charts below relate to deaths ‘attributed to COVID-19 – each following a reported positive test result for COVID-19 within 28 days of their death’.
- From the week of 21 February 2022, the UK Health Security Agency will stop publishing dashboard updates at weekends. The dashboard will be updated as usual from Monday to Friday. Daily cases and deaths by report date published on Mondays will include figures from the weekend. These will not be separated out to show daily figures for Saturday and Sunday.
- Further detail can be found at the UK Health Security Agency.
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🗃️ Sources: @CovidGenomicsUK | @UKHSA | @ONS
🧮 Special thanks: @JoePajak | #NHS | NHS staff

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— AUTHORS —
▫ Dr Joe Pajak, PhD in physical chemistry: exploring the data, governor of an NHS FT hospital.
▫ J.N. PAQUET, Author & Journalist, Editor of PMP Magazine.
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- Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 20 April 2022. | The authors write in a personal capacity.
- Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
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