Pandemic record numbers of new infections

UK latest, another week another record number of new covid infections

https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAyUJ5uA3sE

New symptomatic cases, 345,856 per day

All-time record, historic wave

23% increase in past 2 weeks

R = 1.1

Scotland and Wales first, now England

Prevalence, 4,556,818

UK, 1 in 15

Scotland, 1 in 13

ONS latest

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections

5.27% in England (1 in 19 people)

6.04% in Wales (1 in 17 people)

5.86% in Northern Ireland (1 in 17 people)

6.34% in Scotland (1 in 16 people)



Scotland starting to level off

Children and young adults, 1 in 10

0 to 17 year olds highest increase

All UK regions

Much milder disease on average than it was

Lots of reinfections, mostly over 3 months after last infection

Younger people, 30% of current infections are reinfections

Older people, 10% of current infections are reinfections

Summer colds, twice as likely to have covid as any other type of virus

2,005 hospitalizations per day

Certified deaths continue to fall

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections



ONS, re-infection

Seven times higher in Omicron versus delta

2 July 2020 and 4 June 2022

People were more likely to be re-infected if they:
were unvaccinated

had a "milder" primary infection with a lower viral load

did not report symptoms with their first infection

were younger


List of covid symptoms

Sore throat, 58%

Headache, 49%

Blocked nose, 40%

Cough, no phlegm 40%

Runny nose, 40%

Cough with phlegm, 37%

Hoarse, 35%

Sneezing, 32%

Fatigue, 27%

Muscle pains 25%

Dizzy, 18%

Swollen neck glands, 15%

Sore eyes, 14%

Altered smell, 13%

Chest pain / tightness, 13%

Fever, 13%

Chills or shivers, 12%

Shortness of breath, 11%

Earache, 11%

Loss of smell, 10%

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