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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

@ONS

22 Jan

@PHE_uk

Our weekly overview of #COVID19 measures in England with the Joint Biosecurity Centre and @PHE_uk uses multiple data sources to improve understanding of the pandemic, including

•infections
•hospital admissions
•deaths
•behaviours
•antibodies

ow.ly/iG8g50DfpDH

In England, infection rates and hospital admissions rates remain high while deaths involving #COVID19 have increased ow.ly/VvKY50DfpLY

The highest hospital admission rates in England were recorded in the West Midlands, while Yorkshire and The Humber recorded the lowest rates in the most recent week.

The South East recorded the highest number of deaths involving #COVID19 ow.ly/F2DN50DfpRk

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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

@ONS

22 Jan

We’ve produced our latest estimates for the level of #COVID19 infection rates across the UK ow.ly/RTVZ50DfoKG

Our latest estimate for England suggests the #COVID19 infection rate remains high but has decreased slightly.

Around 1 in 55 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings had #COVID19 in the week ending 16 January ow.ly/KL1C50DfoMJ

In England, London and the North East had the highest infection rates in the week ending 16 January.

We estimate that in London, 1 in 35 people had #COVID19 ow.ly/A0q050DfoP0

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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

@ONS

22 Jan

We've published new data from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, including questions about feelings towards the #COVID vaccine, mass testing, and the future.

Findings are from 13 to 17 January ow.ly/qDbg50Dfhiu

There appears to be more positive attitude to the #COVID19 vaccine, with 90% reporting they’d received the vaccine, accepted an offer, or would likely accept if offered ow.ly/hkAn50DfhnG

Adults reporting they would be likely to have the #COVID19 vaccine if offered appeared to increase with age, rising from 81% among 16 to 29 year-olds to 98% among those aged 70 years and over ow.ly/JV6450Dfhrw

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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

@ONS

21 Jan

Our latest personal and economic well-being data tell us that some of the vulnerable groups in society have been more affected by the #COVID19 pandemic than others, including

▪️ low income people
▪️ self-employed people
▪️ younger people

➡️ ow.ly/AVZw50DefNn

Nearly 9 million people had to borrow more money because of the #coronavirus pandemic by December 2020.

The proportion that had borrowed £1000 or more also increased from 35% to 45% since June ow.ly/3ORv50DefUz

Parents of dependent children were almost twice as likely to report a reduction in income during the pandemic than the general population.

This gap gradually narrowed throughout 2020 as schools reopened ow.ly/8CyE50Deg1e

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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

@ONS

21 Jan

In financial year ending 2020 the median household income in the UK was £29,900, based on estimates from our Household Finances Survey.

This has risen 7% since financial year ending 2011, an average yearly increase of 0.8% ow.ly/CHJm50DeeYx

In the 10-year period leading up to financial year ending 2020, median income for the poorest fifth fell overall by 4.8% to £13,800.

In contrast, median income of the richest fifth of people steadily increased on average 0.7% a year to £62,400 ow.ly/VuB650DefaA

Income inequality has increased by an average of 0.2% per year to 36.3% in the 10 years to 2020 – the highest reported measure in this time.

However, across the population it was lower than reported during the economic downturn of 2008 ow.ly/ecJT50Deffu