Latest COVID 🦠 #801

▫ 63,296 COVID cases in 7 days on the UK government dashboard 📈
▫ 839,831 estimated symptomatic cases by ZOE 📈
▫ 5,772 hospital admissions in 7 days 🚨
▫ 8,152 patients currently in hospital 🚨
▫ 189 patients in ICU 🚨
▫ 986 deaths in 7 days 🚨

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UKHSA Latest Data

• 986 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 7 days according to the latest UK data report.
• 63,296 new coronavirus infections in the last 7 days according to the latest UK data report - 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.
• 456,341 coronavirus infections have been reported across the UK in the last 28 days according to data in the latest UK data report.
• 986 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 141 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 51,413 deaths across the UK.
• Meanwhile, a total of 6,014 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported across the UK in the last 28 days.
• 833 COVID-19 hospital admissions occurred on 10 May 2022.
• 8,152 patients suffering from COVID-19 are currently occupying hospital beds – reported as of 13 May 2022.
• 189 COVID-19 patients are occupying mechanical ventilation beds – according to the data reported on 13 May 2022.
• All three of these healthcare measures remain a concern for our under-pressure NHS.

SO FAR:

• 837 days since the first infection due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported in Britain (31 January 2020)
• 801 days since the first reported death (6 March 2020). Coronavirus has now been responsible for infecting around 22.2 million people in the UK (according to the official reported positive cases data)
• In this time, the virus has been responsible for at least 177,410 deaths (within 28 days of a first positive test result). Official data also currently indicate there have been (at least) 193,713 deaths in total, where the deceased person’s death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes, registered up to Friday 29 April 2022, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Zoe Latest Estimates

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 24h: 123,872↗️ (up for 5 consecutive days)
▫ 7d: 839,831↗️
▫ 28d: 4,192,144

𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 119,976 per day↗️

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 1,762,020

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭-𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝟮𝟮
▫ 27,550,209

■ 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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People with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19

Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.

GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency

COVID-19: people with COVID-19 and their contacts

GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency

Infectious diseases: schools and other childcare settings

Managing cases of infectious diseases in schools and other childcare settings posters.

GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency

Changes to COVID-19 testing in England from 1 April

Information on who can access free coronavirus (COVID-19) tests from 1 April 2022 and how to get them.

GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency

List of general population COVID-19 testing providers - GOV.UK

GOV.UK

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 variants: technical briefings

Technical briefing documents on novel SARS-CoV-2 variants.

GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency

• Lower COVID-19 death rates among those who had booster jab – ONS

Monthly age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for deaths involving COVID-19 have been consistently lower for people who had a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine than for unvaccinated people.

The ASMRs were significantly lower than those for unvaccinated people, or those who had received a first or second dose of the vaccine, in all months since booster introduction in September 2021.

Those over 50 years who had received a booster at least 21 days ago had lower ASMRs in all months, compared with unvaccinated people. This has also been the case among younger age groups where rates can be calculated, although trends are now less clear due to lower mortality rates with larger confidence intervals.

Changes in non-COVID-19 mortality by vaccination status are largely driven by the changing composition of the vaccination status groups; this could be because of the prioritisation of clinically extremely vulnerable and people with underlying health conditions, and differences in timing of vaccination among people who were eligible.

Read more...

"we found that teacher masking, student masking, restricted entry, and symptom screens were individually associated with the greatest reduction in the risk associated with in-person schooling" https://t.co/bIAUEtpC60 pic.twitter.com/Zq0ptQAG2z

— Ida Bergstrom, MD (@DCDoc33) May 6, 2022

‘The Lancet has published a study finding that schools are “chronically under-ventilated”, impacting children’s health and concentration.’
Scottish study.

HT ⁦@VirtuaSam⁩ https://t.co/sTYYfSc9Xf

— Binita Kane (@BinitaKane) May 14, 2022

Long Covid: Staff suffering long-term coronavirus symptoms need more help to carry on working

Companies are failing staff suffering from long Covid leaving them open to legal action as the condition could amount to a disability under the Equality Act, says an employment specialist

inews.co.ukPaul Gallagher

Severe COVID is equivalent to 20 years of ageing.

A new study finds that the cognitive loss from severe COVID is the same as losing 10 IQ points.

PMP MagazineContributor at-large

Long COVID in children is real and serious. There are treatments available... just not in the UK.

My daughter Jasmin has had long COVID for the past 16 months. I tried for over 6 months to get her research bloods done in the UK. Hitting brick walls, in desperation I took her to Germany in February.

PMP MagazineDr Binita Kane

■ 🧬 COG-UK sequencing

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📈 UK COVID-19 data

■ 🧮 Case & Death Totals
🦠22,203,799 positive cases so far to date (recorded) – Since the first case was reported at the end of January 2020
🕯️177,410 deaths so far – Number recorded within 28 days of first positive test result – since the first reported death on 6 March 2020
🕯️ 193,713 total deaths – Total number of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes – Registered up to Friday 29 April 2022 – according to the UK dashboard.

💉 Latest UK Vaccination

Note: UK vaccination data is now published weekly on Mondays.

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🧩 Long COVID UK

■ Absence & Attendance in Schools

Going further...

■ Weekly New Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 (per million)

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■ Cumulative number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK

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■ Total Cases & Total Deaths

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■ Estimated ®️ Number

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■ Population Testing Positive for COVID-19

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■ Number of contact tracing alerts sent (England & Wales)

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■ Stringency Index

📚 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)
• Vaccination Data | UK Government
• What’s new | UK Government

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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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Sources

• Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 16 May 2022. | The authors write in a personal capacity.
• Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
• Cover: Adobe Stock/SergeyBitos.
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