68% of adults always or often socially distanced this week. This has fallen since lockdown restrictions began to lift (85% from 14 to 18 April).

73% avoided physical contact outside the home, similar to last week but down since mid April (86%) ow.ly/EjOc50FnmFz Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Social distancing
49% of adults met indoors with people not in their household or bubble this week, a similar level to the beginning of June (50%).

56% met up outdoors, continuing the fall from 60% last week and 65% in early June ow.ly/cF3j50FnmIV
50% of working adults had travelled to work exclusively (and not worked from home) in the past seven days (up slightly from 49% last week).

This proportion has been steadily increasing from 34% in mid-February ow.ly/9Nu950FnmME 50% of working adults had exclusively travelled to work in t
Nearly 9 in 10 (89%) adults reported to have received at least one dose of a #COVID19 vaccine (84% last week).

This includes 63% reporting to have received their second dose (62% last week) ow.ly/UWEL50FnmO7
Our weekly Opinions and Lifestyle Survey found positive sentiment towards #COVID19 vaccines remained high at 96% in the week to 27 June.

We've also published our findings on vaccine hesitancy between 26 May and 20 June 2021.

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2 Jul
#COVID19 infection rates have increased in England, Wales and Scotland, with rates similar to those last seen in February 2021.

These changes are mostly driven by a large increase in the number of cases compatible with the Delta variant ow.ly/czag50FntMa Estimated number of people with COVID-19 in the week ending
#COVID19 cases compatible with the Delta variant have increased across England, Wales and Scotland where this variant continues to be dominant.

In Northern Ireland the trend is uncertain ow.ly/fMZt50FntNN Chart title: The percentage testing positive whose results a
#COVID19 infections have increased across most regions in England, with the highest rates of positive cases in the North East and North West ow.ly/Tn1I50FntQr Chart title: The percentage of people testing positive incre
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2 Jul
4% of adults reported hesitancy towards the #COVID19 vaccine between 26 May and 20 June 2021.

This is a slight decrease on the previous period, which reflects a longer-term trend of declining hesitancy ow.ly/pb2i50Fnn2o Hesitancy towards the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine has dec
For the first time, we’ve looked at younger age groups and hesitancy towards the #COVID19 vaccine.

86% of those of those aged 16 to 17 reported positive sentiment towards the vaccine, while 14% reported vaccine hesitancy ow.ly/1Mot50Fnn7k Title: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is highest for under 18s
Black or Black British adults had the highest rates of vaccine hesitancy (18%) compared with White adults (4%).

Hesitancy was also higher for adults identifying Muslim (15%) as their religion, compared with those identifying as Christian (3%) ow.ly/P2nL50Fnndv
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1 Jul
An estimated 962,000 people experienced self-reported long COVID in the 4 weeks to 6 June (where symptoms persisted more than 4 weeks after the first suspected infection) ow.ly/w3E550FmuFw 962,000 people in the UK reported long COVID symptoms 10 May
Self-reported long COVID was most likely among people

▪️ aged 35 to 69
▪ who are female
▪️ living in the most deprived areas
▪️ working in health or social care
▪️ with another health condition or disability

➡️ ow.ly/54Oq50FmuNN Groups with the highest rates of self-reported long COVID 10
The most common self-reported symptoms of long COVID were

▪️ fatigue
▪️ shortness of breath
▪️ muscle ache
▪️ difficulty concentrating

➡️ ow.ly/z8of50FmuW0 Most common symptoms among those with self-reported long COV
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1 Jul
New Schools Infection Survey data show in May 2021, the #COVID19 infection rate was

▪️ 0.65% in primary school pupils
▪️ 0.05% in secondary school pupils.

The percentage for secondary school pupils was significantly lower in May than in November 2020 ow.ly/8kq650Fmum5 Chart showing percentage of primary and secondary school pup
In May, 24.37% of primary school staff and 21.79% of secondary school staff tested positive for #COVID19 antibodies ow.ly/YunV50Fmupu Chart showing percentage of primary and secondary school sta
4% of primary school parents and 3% of secondary school parents would definitely not want their child to receive a #COVID19 vaccine if offered.

The most common reasons were lack of research or information and concerns about safety and side effects ow.ly/JjKe50Fmus2 Bar chart showing parental views on child COVID-19 vaccinati
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30 Jun
GDP fell 1.6% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, revised down slightly from a 1.5% fall in the previous estimate ow.ly/XhKA50Flvlu Bar chart showing the move to remote learning for the majori
The household saving ratio grew to 19.9% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021.

This is the second-highest growth on record after Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 ow.ly/8L7J50FlvmH Line chart showing household saving ratio increased to 19.9%
The UK’s underlying current account deficit narrowed to £12.7 billion (2.3% of GDP) in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021 ow.ly/iV3r50Flvo0 Chart showing the UK’s current account deficit narrowed su
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29 Jun
The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 18 June 2021 (Week 24) was 9,459. This was

▪ 745 fewer than Week 23
▪️ 42 higher than the five-year average for Week 24

➡️ ow.ly/zh4k50FkF36 Chart title: The number of deaths registered was above the f
1.1% of deaths registered in Week 24 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (102 out of 9,459 deaths).

This is an increase of 18 COVID-19 deaths since the previous week ow.ly/UvJZ50FkFeJ Chart title: The number of deaths involving COVID-19 increas
Wales registered 0 #COVID19 deaths in the week ending 18 June 2021, the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The number of deaths involving #COVID19 increased in five out of nine English regions, with no change in the remaining regions ow.ly/jmyA50FkFij 0 COVID-19 related deaths were registered in Wales in the we
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