UK Coronavirus Round up 9 November 2020

9th November 2020

Scottish numbers: 9 November 2020.

Summary

912 new cases of COVID-19 reported.

1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends).

105 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

1,226 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19.

11,479 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 9.1% of these were positive

For further Scottish Data go to - https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-data-for-scotland/

From the Office for National Statistics.

There were 939,000 visits abroad by UK residents in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020, down by 96% compared with the same time the previous year.

The number of overseas residents travelling to the UK also decreased by 96%, with 398,000 visits to the UK between April and June 2020.

Similarly, the amount of money spent by overseas residents on visits to the UK dropped 97% compared with Quarter 2 2019, to £218 million, while UK residents spent 98% less on travel abroad compared with the same time in 2019.

Infections and deaths

Number of COVID-19 infections continues to increase across UK

6 November 2020

The number of people with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in England and Wales continues to increase but the rate of increase is slower than it has been in recent weeks.

We estimate 618,700 people in England had the coronavirus in the most recent week, or 1 in 90 people.

Infection rates are rising in all age groups apart from in older teenagers and young adults, where positivity rates appear to be levelling off. These age groups still have the highest current infection rate.

The English regions with the highest infection rates continue to be the North West and Yorkshire and The Humber.

Infections in Wales are estimated at 27,100 people, or 1 in 110 people during the most recent week of the study, up to 31 October 2020.

In Northern Ireland, during the most recent week, we estimate 24,900 people, or 1 in 75 people, had COVID-19. In Scotland, we estimate that 47,300 people in Scotland, or 1 in 110 people, had COVID-19 in the last two weeks.

This release also includes analysis on infection rates for school workers compared with other key workers. Rates of infection were not found to be significantly different.

Deaths involving COVID-19 increased for the seventh consecutive week.

There were 978 deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) in England and Wales in the week ending 23 October 2020, the highest weekly figure since the week ending 12 June 2020.

By region, the highest number of COVID-19 deaths was reported in the North West (325 deaths), followed by Yorkshire and The Humber (159) and the North East (114).

In total, there were 10,739 deaths across England and Wales in the week ending 23 October 2020, 9.1% of which involved COVID-19. Deaths in the latest week remained higher than normal for this time of year.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 55,311 COVID-19 deaths registered in England and Wales, up to 23 October 2020 (30,542 men and 24,769 women).

The majority of deaths involving COVID-19 have been among people aged 65 years and over (49,420 out of 55,311).

Economy, business and jobs

The economy is 9.2% smaller than it was pre-lockdown, despite recovering ground since April.

Monthly gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.1% in August 2020 but is 9.2% lower than it was in February 2020, before lockdown began.

This is the fourth consecutive monthly increase following a record fall of 19.5% in April 2020, although the rate of growth has slowed.

The accommodation and food service activities sub-sector accounted for more than half of overall economic growth in August, boosted by the easing of restrictions, Eat Out to Help Out and people holidaying in the UK.

Elsewhere, the picture varied substantially. While postal services, retail trade, motor vehicles sales and pharmaceutical manufacturers have recovered above their February level, output in the travel industries and arts and entertainment remains less than half what it was.

Fewer adults are travelling to work

5 November 2020

The proportion of adults in Great Britain who travelled to work between 28 October and 1 November 2020 fell by 3 percentage points from the previous week to 56%.

This was the lowest since the middle of August. The proportion of adults that worked from home and those that neither worked from home nor travelled to work remained at a similar level to the previous week.

The proportion of British adults who travelled to work decreased by three percentage points to 56%, its lowest since mid-August

Proportion of adults, Great Britain, 14 May to 1 November 2020.

Overseas travel in spring 2020 was down 96% from the same time last year

9 November 2020

The number of visits abroad made by UK residents in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020 dropped 96% compared with the same time the previous year.

UK residents made fewer than 1 million (939,000) trips abroad in the three months to June 2020, a substantial decrease that was largely because the country was under lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

UK residents' visits abroad dropped off sharply in April but began to increase slightly through May and June 2020.

The number of overseas residents travelling to the UK also decreased dramatically in Quarter 2 compared with the same time in 2019. Residents from abroad made 398,000 visits to the UK between April and June 2020, which was also a 96% decrease on the previous year.

The amount of money spent by overseas residents on visits to the UK dropped 97% compared with Quarter 2 2019, to £218 million, while UK residents spent 98% less on travel abroad compared with the same time the previous year.

Data collection by the International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended for the period covered by this release, so the figures are based on administrative sources and modelling.

Hospitality workers see largest fall in pay

3 November 2020

Measures of employee earnings, using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), have been published today, relating to the pay period that includes 22 April 2020, at which time approximately 8.8 million employees were furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

Median weekly pay for full-time employees was £586 in April 2020, up by 0.1% on a year earlier; pay fell in the private sector (negative 0.6%) but not in the public sector (positive 2.4%). The fall in the private sector reflects the different job types across each sector and the extent they have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

While pay held up for most employees, there are groups of employees who fared less well, most notably younger employees, the lowest-paid part-time employees, and those working in accommodation and food services. Employees aged 16 to 17 and 18 to 21 years were more impacted than other employees in terms of hours paid for, which fell by 5.4% and 3.7% respectively compared with 2019.

The effect that the CJRS had in April is clear. Employees being placed on the scheme prevented paid hours falling at the rate shown by the actual number of hours worked, as reported in the Labour Force Survey (LFS). A subsequent downward pressure on weekly earnings from a fall in hours was largely suppressed.

Across all industry sectors, paid hours fell by 1.5% from 2019 and median weekly pay was unchanged. However, in accommodation and food services, paid hours fell by 12% and weekly pay fell by 18.1% compared with 2019.

Younger workers and those working in accommodation and food services were more likely to be furloughed and were also less likely to have their pay topped up by their employer when compared with other furloughed employees.

To read many more details and data with graphs go to

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26