The Zoe COVID Study’s positive symptomatic case estimate is up today for the third consecutive day (with 121,520 estimated cases). The 7-day estimate is also showing an increase for the first time since 31 March (when it then reached a peak at 2,440,580 estimated cases in 7 days).
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First published in May 2022.
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Zoe Latest Estimates
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 24h: 121,520↗️ (up for 3 consecutive days)
▫ 7d: 828,836↗️
▫ 28d: 4,439,937
𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 118,405 per day↗️
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 1,794,575
𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭-𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝟮𝟮
▫ 27,303,249
(Source: UK Health Security Agency & Zoe COVID Study)
latest guidance
■ UK Government’s List of symptoms of COVID-19
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
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latest news
- Black Caribbean ethnic group least likely to have had three vaccine doses – ONS
The Black Caribbean ethnic group were the least likely to have had three COVID-19 vaccination doses.
The proportion of people aged 18 years and over who received three vaccinations was highest for those identifying as White British (76%). The lowest proportion of people was in Black Caribbean (38%), Black African (45%) and Pakistani (45%) ethnic groups.
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The tragic irony is that the notion that Omicron is less serious is true only if you are vaccinated.
— Stephen Reicher (@ReicherStephen) May 14, 2022
If it stops people getting vaccinated (and vaccination take up is now stalling for young and old alike) then it makes Omicron more serious.https://t.co/IAm5zxJFj8
Study findings: 'add to growing pool of evidence supporting hypothesis that persistent bits of #SARSCoV2 virus [coronavirus “ghosts”, Prof Ami Bhatt @StanfordMed, called them] could contribute to #LongCovid'. Study also by Tim Adolph et al, @imed_tweets.https://t.co/kXyZ8RfJCk
— Dr Joe Pajak 💙 NHS FT Governor (@JoePajak) May 14, 2022
Poor ventilation does not only increase risk of infection but also decreases cognitive performance.
— Stephen Reicher (@ReicherStephen) May 14, 2022
In so many ways, improving ventilation is a no-brainer! https://t.co/vEF6BhyRnK
How did we reach one million dead from Covid in America? This powerful interactive story explains. https://t.co/7JN0nHWugN
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) May 14, 2022
How do mRNA vaccines work? By training our bodies to fight illnesses. Here's how that same technology could be developed and customized to fight everything from the flu to cancer: https://t.co/1GTMpJtHui pic.twitter.com/6UKQxgM9ma
— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) May 12, 2022
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Since February, the UKHSA has stopped publishing COVID updates at weekends. Now they take place on Mondays and Thursdays only.
The virus doesn’t take a break at weekends, nor does it show up twice a week only. It spreads and kills people every day in the UK and around the world.
We, at PMP, have decided to continue to publish the latest COVID data available every day, especially the Zoe COVID Study estimates – probably more accurate than the UK Government’s own data since free testing has ended in England.
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long covid
🧩 Long COVID UK
🚨 1.8 million people currently live with long COVID in the UK
🚨 2.8% of the UK population currently live with long COVID
🚨 1 in 36 people in the UK has long COVID
🚨 Long COVID symptoms adversely affect the day-to-day activities of 1.2 million people (67% of long COVID sufferers)
🚨 Of those, 346,000 people (19%) are “limited a lot”
🚨 556,000 (31%) first had COVID-19 before Alpha became the main variant; 249,000 (14%) in the Alpha period, 446,000 (25%) in the Delta period, and 438,000 (24%) in the Omicron period.
🚨 Most common symptoms of long COVID:
▫ fatigue (51%)
▫ shortness of breath (33%)
▫ loss of smell (26%)
▫ difficulty concentrating (23%)
🚨 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)
additional data
■ Weekly New Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 (per million)
■ Cumulative number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK
(Source: ONS)
(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
📚 Data 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)
- What’s new | UK Government
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🗃️ Sources: @CovidGenomicsUK | @UKHSA | @ONS
🧮 Special thanks: @JoePajak | #NHS | NHS staff
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- Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 14 May 2022.
- Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
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