Our #COVID19 insights interactive tool shows the latest trends in infections, deaths and hospitalisations.
Data on COVID-19 from the ONS, Joint Biosecurity Centre and @UKHSA highlights the state of the pandemic across the UK
The positivity rate in England was 6.85% in the week ending 6 Jan 2022.
In the week ending 9 Jan 2021, when the second wave positivity was at its highest (2.08%), the hospital admission was almost twice as high and the number of deaths 10x as high ow.ly/40E250HuvqN
Hospital admission rates remained similar in England in the week ending 9 Jan 2022, at 19.03 per 100,000 people. This is a similar rate to that seen in Feb 2021.
Admission in over 85’s was less than half (46%) of levels seen in Jan 2021 ow.ly/jFn550HuvwJ
New estimates show the number of people testing positive for #COVID19 continued to increase across the UK in the week ending 6 Jan 2022.
Infections compatible with the Omicron variant increased and Delta compatible infections have fallen to low levels ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE
#COVID19 infections increased in all English regions except the East of England and London in the most recent week.
Infections decreased in London and the trend is uncertain in the East of England ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE
In England, #COVID19 infections increased in those aged 50+, and remain lowest in those aged 70+.
In all other age groups, infections increased more slowly in the most recent two weeks, but the trend was uncertain in the most recent week ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE
The UK population is projected to increase by 3.2% in the first 10 years of our latest projections, from an estimated 67.1 million in mid-2020 to 69.2 million in mid-2030.
This is slower growth than our 2018-based projections ow.ly/Kl0e50HsxR9
These projections are based on the most recent mid-year population estimates covering the period up to 30 June 2020.
Therefore, they only include some of the impacts on the UK population from the early part of the #COVID19 pandemic.
England’s population is projected to grow more quickly than the other UK nations: 3.5% between mid-2020 and mid-2030, compared with
▪️2.6% for Wales
▪️2.0% for Northern Ireland
▪️and 0.3% for Scotland.
We’ve published findings from our International Passenger Survey and the @UK_CAA’s Passenger Survey to understand attitudes towards #COVID among passengers arriving and departing the UK between June and November 2021 ow.ly/eiKg50HrAVZ
In November 2021, most UK residents (92%) and overseas residents (93%) arriving in the UK said they had received at least one dose of a #COVID19 vaccine.
Older UK & overseas residents interviewed arriving in to the UK were more likely to have had a vaccine.
In November 2021, 83% of UK residents and 90% of overseas residents thought COVID-19 testing prior to arrival was ‘quite’ or ‘very important’.