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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 [ until when? ] 25,018,085 [ 2 ] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [ 2 ] deaths.
NHS England and Public Health England were appointed to lead an inquiry into why people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus. [57] On 18 April, Public Health England said that they would start recording the ethnicity of victims of coronavirus. [58]
The UK-wide Zoe Health Study (previously the COVID Symptom Study) which is based on surveys of numerous participants, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers, [4] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without ...
The UK government's response to the pandemic, in particular the timeliness of public health measures being introduced and lifted, has faced criticism from academic medical sources, media outlets, relatives of COVID-19 patients and various political figures.
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to England with two cases among Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York on 31 January 2020. The two main public bodies responsible for health in England were NHS England and Public Health England (PHE).
5 August – The latest Office for National Statistics data shows another drop in the number of people in the UK with COVID-19, with 2.6 million cases in the week up to 26 July, a fall of over half a million from 3.2 million the previous week. [21] 6 August – The 2022 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins. Titled "Voices" it is the first to ...
On 28 April, Public Health England had identified around 2,000 "possible/probable" and confirmed COVID-19 cases; outbreaks had occurred in 75 different institutions, with 35 inmates treated in hospital and 15 deaths. [149] In mid-May the Scottish Prison Service said that six inmates who had died were suspected to have had COVID-19. [150]
A Sheffield woman who held a rave during one of the COVID-19 lockdowns has had her case withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service.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.