Our latest economic and society impact indicators have been published today as part of our response to the #coronavirus pandemic ow.ly/zbos50C5QdA
Nearly half (47%) of currently trading UK businesses reported that their turnover had decreased below what is normally expected for this time of year, according to the latest Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey ow.ly/LCDR50C5Qi8
Online job adverts increased from 66% to 70% of their 2019 average between 16 and 23 October 2020 for the seventh consecutive week according to @adzuna, this is the highest recorded level since 27 March 2020 ow.ly/WiAB50C5Qkh
After a national lockdown for Wales was introduced on Friday 23 October 2020, data from @Springboard_ show on the following weekend, retail footfall in Wales fell to a quarter of the level compared to the same period a year ago ow.ly/AHQf50C5QqQ
The proportion of adults in Britain who worked from home increased to 29%, the highest since the beginning of July, according to the latest Opinions and Lifestyle Survey ow.ly/sUxF50C5QvJ
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In this week’s COVID-19 Infection Survey, we are reporting rising numbers of #coronavirus cases across the UK ow.ly/xrkS50C71uN
Headline estimates for England suggest infections have continued to rise.
Around 1 in 100 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings in England would test positive for #COVID19 (at any given time between 17-23 Oct) ow.ly/ixpa50C71xn
During the most recent week, we estimate there were around 51,900 new #COVID19 infections per day in England ow.ly/ftku50C71E1
This week’s Opinions and Lifestyle survey took place between 21-25 Oct, after the UK government introduced local #COVID19 alert levels in England on 12 Oct.
Responses from Wales came both before and after the Coronavirus “firebreak” rules on 23 Oct ow.ly/UAH350C6Uua
We asked adults in England which of the three local COVID alert levels they were in:
▪️ Nearly half (48%) said they were in tier 1
▪️ 37% in tier 2
▪️ 10% in tier 3
Most adults in England (78%) said it was easy or very easy to find out about alert levels in their area.
Nearly 6 in 10 (57%) said television news was their main source of information, followed by the NHS COVID app (36%) and print or online news (35%) ow.ly/zjr550C6UzJ
Latest estimates show that #COVID19 infections have continued to increase in recent weeks.
We’ve provided more analysis on the characteristics and behaviours of those testing positive in England ow.ly/Vl5j50C3CN2
Around a third of those who tested positive for #COVID19 reported evidence of symptoms at the time of their test (from 28 September to 11 October) ow.ly/ibKu50C3DiB
Urban areas in England have higher positivity rates for #COVID19 than rural areas.
0.7% of the community population in urban areas tested positive, compared with 0.47% testing positive in rural areas, between 27 September and 10 October ow.ly/TRz850C3Dpe
As part of this week’s bulletin we are reporting estimates of how many people would test positive for #COVID19 in each of the UK’s constituent countries for the first time following the continued expansion of the survey ow.ly/G1Um50C0Dys
Headline estimates for England suggest infection numbers have continued to rise in recent weeks.
At any given time between 10-16 October around 1 in 130 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings would test positive for #COVID19ow.ly/CrIw50C0DBO
During the most recent week, we estimate there were around 35,200 new #COVID19 infections per day in England ow.ly/Jx5050C0DFo
Our most recent data show that 2019 continued the trend in reducing aged standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) of breast cancer in the female population
In England and Wales, deaths due to breast cancer accounted for 3.8% of all female deaths registered in 2019
In 2019, breast cancer was the leading cause of death for females aged 35 to 64