#COVID19 rates continued to increase in England and remain low in Wales. In Northern Ireland & Scotland, the trend of people testing positive was uncertain.
Due to low positivity rates, caution should be taken over interpreting small movements in trends ow.ly/1gWU50Fdja5
Cases compatible with the Delta variant of #COVID19 have continued to increase in England.
Delta variant compatible cases remain low in Wales, and the trend is uncertain in Northern Ireland and Scotland ow.ly/O5gk50FdjbH
Regionally in England, there were increases in the number of people with #COVID19 in
▪️ the North West
▪️ the West Midlands
▪️ the South East.
Decreases were seen in the East of England and the East Midlands ow.ly/Def150Fdjfc
Commenting on today’s results, Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Outputs for the #COVID19 Infection Survey, said:
#COVID19 infections, hospital admissions and deaths all increased in England in the week ending 12 June 2021 ow.ly/h3n650FdjH6
Hospital admissions increased in most age groups and regions of England in the week ending 13 June 2021.
Explore our interactive #COVID19 insights tool to view the latest data concerning COVID-19 from the ONS, Joint Biosecurity Centre and @PHE_ukow.ly/7BH350FdjM7
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We've led the development of a new method for estimating the number of excess deaths across UK countries.
Julie Stanborough talks us through the data released today and how this new method will give us a better understanding in this complex area ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Expected number of deaths used to calculate excess mortality is now estimated from age-specific mortality rates rather than death counts, so changes in population size and age structure are taken into account. Our new method also accounts for trends in population mortality rates.
In 2023, the new method estimates 10,994 excess deaths in the UK, which is 20,448 fewer than the current method.
We've published a new article exploring the disability, health status, ethnic group, religion and employment of people of different sexual orientations (aged 16 years and over) in England and Wales using #Census2021 data.
#Census2021 included a voluntary question about sexual orientation of usual residents aged 16 and over:
▪️ 89.4% said they were straight or heterosexual
▪️ 3.2% identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation (LGB+)
▪️ 7.5% did not respond to the question
People who identified as LGB+ were younger on average, with a far higher proportion aged between 16 and 34 years (57.9%) than in the overall population of England and Wales (29.6%).
However, different LGB+ sexual orientation groups had markedly different age distributions.