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The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates COVID-19 cases were falling in England and Wales in the week up to 30 December 2022, with cases continuing to increase in Scotland; the picture was unclear for Northern Ireland. In England, an estimated 2,189,300 people were thought to have tested positive for COVID-19. [17]
Daily hospital admissions of COVID-positive patients for England Statistics » COVID-19 Hospital Activity, with 7-day moving averages, based on two spreadsheets in the same source, one historic, one more current- note however that the data seems to be inconsistent between these two, 'admissions' vs. 'admissions... and diagnoses in hospital'.
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry hears heated text messages exchanged between Nicola Sturgeon and an aide in which she referred to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a "clown" following the announcement of a second lockdown for England in October 2020, and that she was offended by his "utter competence". [19]
22 July – The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 15 July shows 3.8 million COVID-19 infections in the UK, a rise of 7% on the previous week. The ONS figures show a slow in the growth of cases while data from other sources, such as the government's COVID-19 Dashboard, suggest the latest wave has already reached its ...
The Bank of England has cut interest rates in an emergency move to shore up the U.K. economy amid growing alarm over the coronavirus crisis. The Bank announced Wednesday morning it had reduced ...
The Bank of England cancelled this year's stress test of major banks on Friday and said it may be hard to implement new global capital rules on time given the focus now on supporting lending to ...
To stimulate the economy, the Bank of England cut its bank rate of interest from 0.75% to 0.25%. [85] On 19 March, the interest rate was again cut, this time to 0.10%—the lowest rate in the bank's 325-year existence. [86]
According to a report in The Sunday Times, the letter said negative interest rates are "one of the potential tools under active review."