As part of our role to measure the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the UK, we’ve published an article drawing together existing data and analysis to look at how #COVID19 has impacted our society, economy and the environment ow.ly/gOKZ50H2CG7
Sustainable Development Goal 3 promotes good health and well-being.
The most deprived people and households have been more affected by negative health impacts of #COVID19ow.ly/gOKZ50H2CG7
Sustainable Development Goal 8 promotes decent work and economic growth for all.
Those with the lowest incomes were the most negatively affected in the UK over the last year ow.ly/gOKZ50H2CG7
Sustainable Development Goal 13 promotes climate action.
Greenhouse gas emissions fell substantially, to a large extent because of reduced use of industrial and personal transport, but this has been offset slightly by increased emissions from home heating ow.ly/gOKZ50H2CG7
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In England, #COVID19 infections increased in the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber and London and decreased in the West Midlands in the week ending 27 November 2021.
The percentage of businesses currently trading remained broadly stable throughout Nov 2021, at 91%.
The percentage of businesses temporarily paused trading remained at 5% over the same period ow.ly/BPGL50H1H1I
The transportation and storage industry reported the lowest currently trading percentage at 81%, although this was 7 percentage points higher than in early Nov 2021 ow.ly/BPGL50H1H1I
38% of businesses currently trading reported the prices of materials, goods or services bought in the last month had increased compared with normal expectations for this time of year.
We’ve released our second experimental analysis providing insight into registered deaths of care home residents.
In 2020, the majority of care home resident deaths occurred within the care home; 86.6% in England and 83.5% Wales ow.ly/NVsO50H1FI3
There were 155,376 deaths of care home residents in 2020 in England (an increase of 18.5% compared with 2019).
In Wales there were 8,236 deaths of care home residents (an increase of 20.3%) ow.ly/NVsO50H1FI3
For males and females, dementia and Alzheimer disease remained the leading cause of death in care home residents in both England (31.1%) and Wales (32.3%).
#COVID19 was the second highest leading cause of death, accounting for 15.6% of deaths in England and 15.8% in Wales
An estimated 1.2 million people living in private households in the UK (1.9% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 31 October 2021.
This is consistent with the level seen in the four weeks to 2 October 2021 ow.ly/JtxX50H1F2w
Of people with self-reported long COVID in the four weeks to 31 October
▪️ 19% first had/suspected COVID-19 less than 12 weeks ago
▪️ 71% first had/suspected COVID-19 at least 12 weeks ago
▪️ 36% first had/suspected COVID-19 at least one year ago
Prevalence of self-reported long COVID remained greatest in those who were
▪️ aged 35 to 69 years
▪️ female
▪️ living in more deprived areas
▪️ working in health or social care
▪️ with another activity-limiting health condition or disability