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OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS-

Coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup
24 July 2020.

1) Welcome to 24 July edition of the coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup, a summary of our latest analysis related to the pandemic.

2) We’ve published the latest figures from the COVID19 Infection Survey and the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, as well as new data on overseas travel and tourism and retail sales. We’ve also published a new interactive tool, mapping deaths involving COVID19 by local area.

3) Some of the main points include:

• Estimates suggest that the decrease in the number of people in England testing positive for COVID-19 is continuing to level off.

4) We estimate that in the last week (13 to 19 July), 1 in 2,000 people within the community (which excludes those in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings) had COVID-19. This equates to an estimated 27,700 people

5) Following the peak recorded in April 2020, in June 2020 there has been a large decrease in the proportion of deaths involving COVID-19 across all English regions and Wales

6) Taking into account the size and age structure of the population, there were 88.0 deaths involving COVID-19 per 100,000 people in England and Wales over the period March to June 2020

7) March, the first month where travel was seriously affected by COVID-19, overseas residents made 1.4 million visits to the UK, a 54% drop compared with March 2019

8) People are continuing to feel more comfortable about eating out since lockdown measures were eased in Great Britain

9) The amount of money spent online has increased at a fast pace since before lockdown, increasing by 61.9% in June 2020 when compared with February 2020.

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