A weekly survey carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) revealed that people are checking for news and information on the Coronavirus outbreak less and less as time goes by. In the week before March 27-29, almost a quarter of respondents said they were getting coronavirus information at least 20 times a day. On the last period recorded, only four percent said the same. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

This feature service contains COVID-19 data automatically updated from the Public Health England (PHE) API service, daily. Using this API, this service takes the current day request minus two days. Therefore the data will always be two days behind. This is a result of the delay between PHE's specimen date and reporting date.The Polygon Layers, which all contain spatial data, provide information about the latest cumulative figures at three geographies; Local Authority, Regions and Nations. The Tables, which are not spatially aware, provide historical data for each feature. The format of these tables allow you to use the Join tool with the Polygon Layers and create a time enabled layer. This can be used within a dashboard or on the animation tool to view patterns over time.

A weekly survey carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) in May 2020 revealed the regional origin of sources being used for coronavirus news. Nearly a quarter of respondents said they had used local media organizations in the past week more than they did before the coronavirus outbreak. 17 percent of respondents said the same about news organizations from abroad. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Findings from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey for England.

In January 2020 the first cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe were confirmed in France, there have now been 270,744,353 confirmed cases in Europe as of January 13, 2023. The week beginning January 24, 2022 saw the highest number of new cases in Europe in a single week with around 12.1 million new cases. France has the highest amount of confirmed cases in Europe with 38,337,350, followed by Germany with 37,594,526 cases. A full country breakdown of cases in Europe can be found here.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page

In early-February 2020, the first cases of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom (UK) were confirmed. As of December 2023, the South East had the highest number of confirmed first episode cases of the virus in the UK with 3,180,101 registered cases, while London had 2,947,727 confirmed first-time cases. Overall, there has been 24,243,393 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK as of January 13, 2023.

COVID deaths in the UK COVID-19 was responsible for 202,157 deaths in the UK as of January 13, 2023, and the UK had the highest death toll from coronavirus in western Europe. The incidence of deaths in the UK was 297.8 per 100,000 population as January 13, 2023.

Current infection rate in Europe The infection rate in the UK was 43.3 cases per 100,000 population in the last seven days as of March 13, 2023. Austria had the highest rate at 224 cases per 100,000 in the last week.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

The dataset contains a daily situation update on COVID-19, the epidemiological curve and the global geographical distribution (EU/EEA and the UK, worldwide).

On 12 February 2020, the novel coronavirus was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) while the disease associated with it is now referred to as COVID-19. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, ECDC’s Epidemic Intelligence team has been collecting on daily basis the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, based on reports from health authorities worldwide. To insure the accuracy and reliability of the data, this process is being constantly refined. This helps to monitor and interpret the dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic not only in the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), but also worldwide. Every day between 6.00 and 10.00 CET, a team of epidemiologists screens up to 500 relevant sources to collect the latest figures. The data screening is followed by ECDC’s standard epidemic intelligence process for which every single data entry is validated and documented in an ECDC database. An extract of this database, complete with up-to-date figures and data visualisations, is then shared on the ECDC website, ensuring a maximum level of transparency.

ECDC switched to a weekly reporting schedule for the COVID-19 situation worldwide and in the EU/EEA and the UK on 17 December 2020. Hence, all daily updates have been discontinued from 14 December. The weekly data can be found in the dataset COVID-19 Coronavirus data - weekly (from 17 December 2020).

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In a weekly survey carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2020, 45 percent of 25 to 34-year-olds said they had avoided news about the coronavirus in the past week. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Headline estimates for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. 

Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for deaths involving COVID-19 by ethnic group, England.

In-depth analysis of Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study data looking at trends in self-reported symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), including ongoing symptoms and associated risk factors.

Estimates of differences in coronavirus (COVID-19) mortality risk by self-reported disability status for deaths occurring up to 9 March 2022, using linked data from the Office for National Statistics’ Public Health Data Asset.

This page is no longer updated. It has been superseded by the Business insights and impacts on the UK economy dataset page (see link in Notices). It contains comprehensive weighted datasets for Wave 7 onwards. All future BICS datasets will be available there. The datasets on this page include mainly unweighted responses from the voluntary fortnightly business survey, which captures businesses’ responses on how their turnover, workforce prices, trade and business resilience have been affected in the two-week reference period, up to Wave 17.

Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, including deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19), by local authority, health board and place of death in the latest weeks for which data are available. The occurrence tabs in the 2021 edition of this dataset were updated for the last time on 25 October 2022.

A survey carried out in the United Kingdom in September 2021 revealed that the main source used for news on COVID-19 among consumers aged 16 to 24 years old was the BBC, with 51 percent saying that they went to a BBC platform for coronavirus updates in the last week. The same share of respondents in that age group also used social media for COVID-19 information, whereas older consumers were more likely to read newspapers.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

In a survey carried out in the United Kingdom in September 2021, five percent of respondents said that they had encountered news or information about the coronavirus that they believed to be false or misleading 20 times or more per day in the last week. This marked an increase of two percent from the share who said the same in the survey wave held in September 2020. Meanwhile, 24 percent of respondents believed they had seen fake news about COVID-19 a few times a week in September 2021.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Provisional age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving COVID-19 by sex and month of death registration, for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.