Covid Infections Continued To Decrease In England, Wales And Scotland

8th August 2022

5 August 2022
The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to decrease in England, Wales, and Scotland in the latest week (ending 26 July 2022). In Northern Ireland, the trend remained uncertain in the latest week.

The estimated percentage of the population living in private households (those not in care homes or other communal establishments) that had COVID-19 in the latest week was:

3.86% in England (1 in 25 people)

3.58% in Wales (1 in 30 people)

5.98% in Northern Ireland (1 in 17 people)

4.95% in Scotland (1 in 20 people)

Around 1.8 million people in the UK report having long COVID
4 August 2022
An estimated 1.8 million people in private households (2.8% of the population) had reported experiencing long COVID symptoms as of 2 July 2022. Of those, 81% reported experiencing long COVID symptoms at least 12 weeks after first having (suspected) coronavirus (COVID-19 ) and 43% at least one year after.

1.8 million people in the UK were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 2 July 2022.

Estimated number of people living in private households with self-reported long COVID of any duration, UK , four-week periods ending 2 May 2021 to 2 July 2022.

Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 1.3 million people (72%) of those with self-reported long COVID. The most common long COVID symptoms were fatigue (54%), shortness of breath (31%), loss of smell (23%) and muscle ache (22%).

Self-reported long COVID was more common in:

those aged 35 to 69 years

females

people living in more deprived areas

those working in social care

those over who were not students or retired and were not in or looking for paid work

those with another activity-limiting health condition or disability .

Deaths involving COVID-19 increased in the UK
2 August 2022
There were 864 deaths involving COVID-19 registered in the week ending 22 July 2022 in the UK, an increase from 696 in the previous week. This accounted for 6.9% of all deaths in the latest week, an increase from 5.8% in the previous week. 

For more go to -
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights