The Zoe COVID Study’s positive symptomatic case estimate is increasing again with 115,850 cases. Its 7-day estimate shows 831,671 cases in a week. On average, it is estimated that 118,810 people are still infected every day in the UK.

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First published in May 2022.





latest details


UKHSA Latest Data – ENGLAND ONLY

  • 424 deaths in England [within 28 days of first positive test result for COVID-19] were reported in the last 7 days.
  • 36,708 new coronavirus infections in the last 7 days according to the latest England data report - the actual number England-wide is potentially significantly higher.
  • 202,033 coronavirus infections have been reported across England in the last 28 days according to data in the latest England data report.
  • The number of deaths in England in the past week equates on average to around 60.6 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 22,109 deaths across England.
  • Meanwhile, a total of 3,137 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported across England in the last 28 days.
  • 475 COVID-19 hospital admissions in England occurred on 25 May 2022.
  • 4,197 patients suffering from COVID-19 are currently occupying hospital beds in England – reported as of 27 May 2022.
  • 134 COVID-19 patients are occupying mechanical ventilation beds in England - according to the data reported on 27 May 2022.
  • All three of these healthcare measures remain a concern for our under-pressure NHS.

SO FAR:

  • 848 days since the first infection due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus was reported in Britain (31 January 2020)
  • 812 days since the first reported death in Britain (6 March 2020). Coronavirus has now been responsible for infecting around 18.7 million people in England (according to the official reported positive cases data)

Zoe Study UK Latest Estimates

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 24h: 115,850
▫ 7d: 831,671
▫ 28d: 3,438,070

𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 118,810 per day

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 1,668,374

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭-𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝟮𝟮
▫ 28,886,550


COMMENT

New COVID cases remain fairly flat, hovering at just under 120,000 a day, though we’re starting to see signs of an increase across the youngest age groups and in Scotland. Professor Tim Spector suspects other regions and age groups may follow suit.




(Source: UK Health Security Agency)





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


■ ZOE COVID Study’s Top 20 symptoms of COVID-19 (as of 26-May-2022)
ZOE


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
Ventilation to reduce the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19
Guidance on the ventilation of indoor spaces to reduce the spread of respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
GOV.UKUK Health Security Agency
List of general population COVID-19 testing providers - GOV.UK
GOV.UK

(Source: Gov.uk)






latest news


  • Infections continue to decrease in most UK countries – ONS

The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 continued to decrease in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the week ending 21 May 2022. The trend in the latest week is uncertain in Scotland.

In England, the percentage of people testing positive decreased in all age groups, except among those aged 25 to 34 years where the trend was uncertain.    The estimated number of people living in private households (not in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments) that had COVID-19 in the most recent week was: 

  • 874,400 people (1 in 60) in England 
  • 52,900 people (1 in 55) in Wales 
  • 23,300 people (1 in 80) in Northern Ireland 
  • 135,400 people (1 in 40) in Scotland 

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■ 🧬 COG-UK sequencing




(Source: COG-UK)






full uk data


📈 ENGLAND COVID-19 CHART


ENGLAND ONLY

(Source: UK Health Security Agency)






vaccination


💉 Latest UK Vaccination

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





(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.

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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

⏳
LONG COVID UK ESTIMATE (ONS – 6 May 2022)
🚨 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)






education


■ Absence & Attendance in Schools

Source: Gov.uk

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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)


■ Total Cases & Total Deaths



■ Estimated ®️ Number

(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)


■ Stringency Index

(Source: University of Oxford)






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  • Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 27 May 2022. | The authors write in a personal capacity.
  • Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
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