The next COVID wave is here. The NHS is running on empty, and now itโs running blind; the data should be ringing alarm bells.
The Zoe COVID Studyโs positive symptomatic case estimate is currently 175,487 cases (+29.3% in a week). The 7-day estimate shows 1,090,440 cases in a week (+23.2%). On average, it is now estimated that at least 155,777 people are still infected by coronavirus every day in the UK.
๐๐๐ #CovidIsNotOver
First published in June 2022.
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โ UK Governmentโs 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:
๐ฉ Shortness of breath
๐ฅฑ Feeling tired or exhausted
๐ค An aching body
๐คฏ A headache
๐ค A sore throat
๐คง A blocked or runny nose
๐ Loss of appetite
๐ฅด Diarrhoea
๐คฎ Feeling sick or being sick





(Source: Gov.uk)
latest news
- Infections rise across the UK โ ONS
The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 increased in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the week ending 11 June 2022 (10 June for Scotland).
The increase was likely caused by infections from Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.
The estimated percentage of the community population (those not in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings) that had COVID-19 in the latest week was:
- 1 in 50 people in England
- 1 in 45 people in Wales
- 1 in 45 people in Northern Ireland
- 1 in 30 people in Scotland

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1 in 5 hospital admissions with COVID-19 are COVID-19 acquired in hospital. But well... who needs infection control in hospitals where the most vulnerable patients attend. https://t.co/VBPSUvA7Ro
— Dr. Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) June 18, 2022
Please
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) June 18, 2022
Doctors, Nurses, Everybody
There is NO (ZERO) reason to tell a #COVID19 positive person that they are not infectious JUST because 5 days has passed since they got symptoms
This is not true
Many (Most) still are!
If Rapid Test Pos.. Do NOT assume you are not infectious
Was just on Sky. Got asked 'if there's a time to get infected, surely summer's better'. No. Avoid it. Now & later. Ventilation & high-grade masks provide high protection. You really don't want to live with an 8% risk of long COVID & impact to multiple organs a yr down the line!
— Dr. Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) June 17, 2022
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โApparently, โThere is no agreed โthresholdโ at which NHS England would consider reintroducing โinfection prevention and controlโ regulationsโ.
โAs a scientist, I have to ask a simple question; a question every scientist, every politician, every one of us should be asking: Why?
โThe NHS is running on empty, and now itโs running blind; the data should be ringing alarm bells.โ โ Dr Joe Pajak.
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Since February 2022, the UKHSA has slowly reduced the publishing of its daily COVID updates, following the UK Governmentโs narrative that we should all โlive with the virusโ.
England now reports on weekdays, Scotland reports on Mondays and Thursdays only, Wales reports on Thursdays only, and Northern Ireland has stopped reporting altogether.
The virus doesnโt take a break at weekends.
It doesnโt infect people from time to time.
It doesnโt stop at a border either.
The virus still spreads and kills people every day in the UK and around the world. COVID-19 is NOT over.
We, at PMP, have decided to continue to publish the latest COVID data available every day, especially the Zoe COVID Study estimates โ probably more accurate than the UK Governmentโs own data since free testing has ended in England, ย and the ONS COVID Infection Survey estimates.
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(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
๐งฉ Long COVID
- Almost 1 in 20 older pupils have had long COVID | ONS
- As the pandemic ebbs, long-haul Covid still drains patients and confounds doctors | The Guardian
- Long COVID found in 20% of US cases โ CDC
- Is Omicron Creating More Cases of Long Covid? โ Bloomberg
- Long Covid can lead to trauma and depression โ Sunday Times
๐จ 2.0 million people currently live with long COVID in the UK (vs 1.8 million last month)
๐จ 3.1% of the UK population currently live with long COVID (vs 2.8%)
๐จ 1 in 33 people in the UK has long COVID
๐จ Long COVID symptoms adversely affect the day-to-day activities of 1.4 million people, 71% of long COVID sufferers (vs 1.2 million)
๐จ Of those, 398,000 people (20%) are โlimited a lotโ (vs 346,000)
๐จ 593,000 (30%) first had COVID-19 before Alpha became the main variant; 239,000 (12%) in the Alpha period, 427,000 (21%) in the Delta period, and 619,000 (31%) in the Omicron period.
๐จ Most common symptoms of long COVID:
โซ fatigue (55%)
โซ shortness of breath (32%)
โซ cough (23%)
โซ muscle ache (23%)
๐จ Prevalence of long COVID is greatest in people:
โซ aged 35-69 years
โซ females
โซ living in more deprived areas
โซ working in social care, teaching, education or health care
โซ with another activity-limiting health condition or disability
(Source: ONS)
education
โ Absence & Attendance in Schools

additional data
โ Weekly New Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 (per million)
โ 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)
โ Population Testing Positive for COVID-19
(Source: ONS)
โ Number of contact tracing alerts sent (England & Wales)
(Source: NHS)
(Source: University of Oxford)
data sources
๐ 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
- Whatโs new | UK Government
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๐๏ธ Sources: @CovidGenomicsUK | @UKHSA | @ONS
๐งฎ Special thanks: @JoePajak | #NHS | NHS staff

โ AUTHORS โ
โซ J.N. PAQUET, Author & Journalist, Editor of PMP Magazine.
Sources
- Text: This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 17 June 2022. | The authors write in a personal capacity.
- Data cross-referenced with the latest official data from the UK dashboard.
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