Latest data show #COVID19 infection rates have continued to increase in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and decreased in Scotland in the week ending 24 July 2021.
The Delta variant continues to be the most common in the UK ow.ly/IYWA50FGZtB
In England, the infection rate increased in all regions except in the East of England and the South West in the week ending 24 July 2021 ow.ly/mMLl50FGZuH
Latest data from the ONS, Joint Biosecurity Centre and @PHE_uk highlighted in our interactive #COVID19 insights tool shows a continued increase in COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and deaths in England ow.ly/34EO50FGZKn
Infection rates were highest among secondary school age children (school Year 7 to 11) and teenagers and young adults (school Year 12 to age 24 years) in the week ending 24 July 2021.
Infection rates were lowest in adults aged 70 years and over ow.ly/jsze50FGZMt
Hospital admissions decreased in the North West but increased in all other English regions in the week ending 25 July 2021.
Infection rates continued to be highest in the North East followed by the West Midlands ow.ly/LChI50FGZOG
Hospital admissions increased in all age groups except those aged 5 to 14 years in the week ending 25 July 2021.
Hospital admissions of those aged 15 to 24 years have reached their highest rate since the start of the pandemic ow.ly/tWpO50FGZRc
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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.