Covid-19 Infections Continue To Fall Across The UK

20th May 2022

The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to fall in every UK country in the week ending 13 May 2022.

In England, the percentage of people testing positive decreased in all age groups and regions, apart from the South East and South West, where the trend was uncertain in the latest week.

The estimated number of people living in private households (not in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments) that had COVID-19 in the most recent week was:

1,037,400 people (1 in 55) in England
80,700 people (1 in 40) in Wales
29,800 people (1 in 60) in Northern Ireland
122,200 people (1 in 45) in Scotland

The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 fell in all four UK countries.

Deaths due to COVID-19 increased between March and April 2022
20 May 2022.

The proportion of deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19), out of all deaths that involved COVID-19, increased between March and April 2022 in England and Wales.

In England the proportion of deaths due to COVID-19 (out of deaths that involved COVID-19) increased from 63.0% in March 2022 to 64.2% in April 2022. During the same period in Wales, the proportion increased from 64.3% to 65.1%.

Around 99% of adults have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
18 May 2022
In the week beginning 2 May 2022, 99.1% of adults in England and Scotland, and 98.9% of adults in Wales and Northern Ireland, had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

Additionally, in England 95.5% of children aged 12 to 15 years and 88.7% of children aged 8 to 11 years had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is the specific virus that causes coronavirus (COVID-19). The minimum level of antibodies included in the data was 179 nanograms per millilitre (ng/ml).

Deaths involving COVID-19 fall

The number of deaths in the UK involving coronavirus (COVID-19) fell to 836 in the week ending 6 May 2022 (412 less than the previous week).

There were 11,307 total deaths registered in the most recent week, which was 4.7% above the five-year average (505 excess deaths).

Of the 9,941 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 6 May 2022, 735 (7.4%) mentioned "novel coronavirus". Of these 735 deaths, 64.5% (474 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death. This is down from 65.8% the week before.

The total number of deaths in England and Wales was 21.9% (510 excess deaths) above the five-year average in private homes and 1.8% (35 deaths) above in care homes. This week's figure was 0.1% (6 deaths) below the five-year average in hospitals, and 11.5% (91 deaths) below in other settings.

Read the full report at -
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights#cis