Coronavirus (covid-19) In The UK - Now 150,000 Deaths

8th January 2022

Testing
Testing is where we do a test to see who has coronavirus. Some people are tested more than once.

There were 1,820,674 tests reported on 6 January 2022. This shows an increase of 18.5% compared to the previous 7 days.

Between 31 December 2021 and 6 January 2022, there have been 11,676,544 tests.

Cases
A confirmed case is someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.

146,390 new people had a confirmed positive test result reported on 8 January 2022.

Between 2 January 2022 and 8 January 2022, 1,227,288 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 10.6% compared to the previous 7 days.

Vaccinations
Vaccines are currently given in 3 doses.

51,919,815 people had been given a first dose by the end of 7 January 2022.

47,632,483 people had been given a second dose by the end of 7 January 2022.

35,273,945 people had been given a booster or third dose by the end of 7 January 2022.

Healthcare
Some people with coronavirus have to go into hospital.

2,434 people with coronavirus went into hospital on 3 January 2022.

Between 28 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, 15,812 went into hospital with coronavirus. This shows an increase of 57.7% compared to the previous 7 days.

There were 18,454 patients in hospital with coronavirus on 6 January 2022.

Some people in the hospital need to use a special device called a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe.

There were 868 coronavirus patients in hospital beds with a mechanical ventilator on 6 January 2022.

Deaths
There were 313 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for coronavirus reported on 8 January 2022.

Between 2 January 2022 and 8 January 2022, there have been 1,271 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. This shows an increase of 38.3% compared to the previous 7 days.

Total UK Deaths - 150,057 - Highest in Europe
Total USA Deaths - 858,346
Total India Deaths - 483,463
Total Brazil Deaths - 619,878
Total Russia Deaths - 315,400
Total Mexico Deaths - 300,101
Total Peru Deaths - 202,981
Total World Deaths - 5,500,218