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[19] [20] [18] On 28 April, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the number of coronavirus-linked deaths in care homes would be announced as part of the daily report, instead of weekly. [21] By 7 May 2020, the epidemic was concentrated in hospitals and care homes, with the infection rate being higher in care homes than in the community.
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 25,029,134 [2] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [2] deaths up to 26 January 2025.
By 6 October, due in part to an upsurge in testing, London's infection rate was more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, with 16 boroughs reporting more than 60 new cases per 100,000 people. [17] Two days later, 8 October 2020, the Evening Standard reported that in the week to 4 October 2020 the capital city had recorded 6,723 new COVID-19 ...
The new Office for National Statistics figures come alongside early signs that Covid-19 patient levels in England are also starting to rise. UK Covid infections rise above one million again Skip ...
Fiji has confirmed five cases of COVID-19, four locally transmitted cases and one border quarantine case. [169] India has reported a record high of 379,257 new cases, bringing the total number to over 18 million COVID-19 cases. 3,645 new deaths were are reported. [170] Malaysia has reported 3,332 new cases, bringing the total number to 404,925.
UK Covid-19 infections jump 25% with ‘marked’ rise among over-70s ... of the UK is a mixed picture with uncertain trends in Wales and Scotland and a recent increase in Northern Ireland ...
27 April – The High Court of England and Wales rules that the UK government's policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the pandemic was unlawful because they failed to take into account the potential risk of COVID-19 to elderly and vulnerable people. [64]
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 ...