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The Zoe COVID Study’s positive symptomatic case estimate is increasing again with 113,882 cases. Its 7-day estimate shows 822,294 cases in a week. On average, it is estimated that 117,471 people are still infected every day in the UK.

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Zoe Study UK Latest Estimates

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 24h: 113,882
▫ 7d: 822,294
▫ 28d: 3,409,175

𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 117,471 per day

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▫ 1,643,989

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭-𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝟮𝟮
▫ 29,000,432

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.

■ 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

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

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Since February, the UKHSA has stopped publishing COVID updates at weekends. Now they take place on Mondays and Thursdays only. Since 20 May, the UK dashboard has stopped updating Northern Ireland data altogether and updates Wales on Thursdays only.

The virus doesn’t take a break at weekends.
It doesn’t show up twice a week only.
It doesn’t stop at a border either.

It spreads and kills people every day in the UK and around the world.

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■ 🧬 COG-UK sequencing

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💉 Latest UK Vaccination

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

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🧩 Long COVID

• Long COVID found in 20% of US cases – CDC

About 1 in 5 US adults have health problems from COVID long after they first test positive, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

■ 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

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— AUTHORS —

▫ J.N. PAQUET, Author & Journalist, Editor of PMP Magazine.

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Sources

• Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 28 May 2022.
• Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
• Cover: Adobe Stock/SergeyBitos.
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