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In care homes in England and Wales, the year-to-date COVID-19 total reaches 8,312 but the weekly number (to 1 May) shows a decrease for the first time since the start of the pandemic. [ 304 ] Chancellor Rishi Sunak extends the UK's furlough scheme until October, with employees continuing to receive 80% of their monthly wages up to £2,500.
Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019, [1] [2] COVID-19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020. [3] The country was initially relatively slow implementing restrictions but a legally enforced stay-at-home order had been introduced by late March.
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2] The first ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . In the United Kingdom , it has resulted in 25,030,356 [ 2 ] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [ 2 ] deaths up to 26 January 2025.
30 June – BBC News reports that one in 25,000 people had COVID-19 on 26 June, while hospitalisations from the illness stood at 3.31 in every 100,000 on 16 June, a slight increase from 2.87 per 100,000 the previous week. The article also notes that data is no longer collected in the same way it was at the height of the pandemic.
17 February – Office for National Statistics data for the week up to 7 February indicates that COVID-19 cases continued to increase in England, Wales and Scotland, but decreased in Northern Ireland. In England, In England it is estimated that 1,054,200 people had COVID-19, equating to 1.88% of the population, or around 1 in 55 people. [36]
1 July – Office for National Statistics data suggests COVID-19 cases in the UK are rising again, with 2.3 million people infected with the virus, around one in 30, in the week ending 24 June. The statistics show a 32% rise on the previous week, with the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants thought to be responsible for the rise.
A Sheffield woman who held a rave during one of the COVID-19 lockdowns has had her case withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service. [ 77 ] 18 October – NHS England warns that up to half of its hospital beds could be taken up with patients suffering respiratory problems because of a "twindemic" of COVID-19 and flu over the coming winter.