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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6% of adults reported self-isolating at some point in the last 7 days between 21-25 July, according to our latest Opinions & Lifestyle survey.
This includes adults who were currently isolating, and those who completed self-isolation in the last 7 days ow.ly/gzoo50FGTJH
Main reasons for self-isolating were being in contact with someone who has tested positive for #COVID19 (42%), followed by being notified by NHS Test&Trace or directly by a venue they’d visited (37%) ow.ly/XlPY50FGTLy
After #COVID19 restrictions eased in England on 19 July, the proportion of adults reporting to wear face coverings when outside their home remained high (95%) - while adults who always or often maintain social distancing fell (61% this week, 63% last week) ow.ly/UBoU50FGTNd
While #COVID19 reinfections between 26 Apr 2020 & 17 July 2021 remained low, our data show the viral load was on average lower for the second infection compared to the first.
This suggests that most reinfections are milder than initial infections ow.ly/tM3R50FFcNz
The percentage of people testing positive for #COVID19 in the UK increased in those working and not working in patient facing healthcare roles in the weeks prior to 12 July 2021.
The increase was greater in those not working in patient facing roles ow.ly/X9hl50FFcPb
In July 2021, 61% of people testing positive for #COVID19 in the UK with a strong positive test reported symptoms.
We’ve published new, experimental data linking 2011 Census and death registration data to produce national estimates of life expectancy and mortality by ethnic group ow.ly/BH4x50FDrrw
In the period 2011 to 2014 in England and Wales, people of White and Mixed ethnic groups had lower life expectancy at birth than all other ethnic groups.
People of Black African background had significantly higher life expectancy than most groups ow.ly/M7yU50FDrtb
Adjusting for age, selected causes of death were higher for some groups
▪️ cancer in the White ethnic group compared with Black & Asian groups
▪️ circulatory diseases in Bangladeshi & Indian males, Indian & Pakistani females compared with the White group
Latest data show #COVID19 rates increased in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the week to 17 July 2021.
In Scotland the weekly trend was uncertain. Rates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are similar to February 2021 ow.ly/h8wG50FC9cX
In England, the number of people testing positive for #COVID19 increased across all regions except the North East and North West, where the trend was uncertain ow.ly/OD8U50FC9gO
The percentage of people in England testing positive increased in all age groups except school Year 7 to school Year 11 ow.ly/OD8U50FC9gO