Antibody data, by UK country and age, from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey.

In a survey carried in the UK in May 2020, Brit's perceived their country's handling of the coronavirus situation fairly average in comparison to some other countries. The survey found that there was a large amount of admiration for the way the coronavirus pandemic has been dealt with in Germany, with 21 percent of respondents of the opinion that the UK has handled the situation a little worse than Germany, and a further 30 percent said the UK has handled the situation a lot worse. On the other hand, 27 percent of Brits think the UK has tackled the crisis much better than the United States.

The latest number of cases in the UK can be found here. For further information about the coronavirus pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Technical and methodological data from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The government of the United Kingdom will spend almost 100 billion British pounds on policy responses to the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020/21, with it's job retention scheme being the most costly policy, at 42 billion pounds. While almost all the measures are aimed at securing the economy, the NHS is expected to receive an extra 10 billion pounds in funding during the pandemic.

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

The number of deaths registered in England and Wales due to and involving coronavirus (COVID-19). Breakdowns include age, sex, region, local authority, Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA), indices of deprivation and place of death. Includes age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates.

During a survey conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) on May 1st, 2020, 63 percent of respondents said that a government data strategy would have helped in the fight against COVID-19. 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. 

The number of deaths, based on a 7-day rolling sum of deaths recorded where a diagnosis of Covid-19 within 28 days of the date of death has been recorded.Please note automatic updates to this dataset was discontinued on 3rd July 2023.

The UK Government has been holding daily press briefings in order to provide updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and outline any new measures being put in place to deal with the outbreak. Boris Johnson announced that the UK would be going into lockdown in a broadcast on March 23 which was watched live by more than half of the respondents to a daily survey. On June 28, just 12 percent of respondents said they had not watched or read about the previous day's briefing. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) related to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other illnesses on people, households and communities in Great Britain.

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.

Textual analysis of responses from the Business Impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS), providing further insights into the experiences of individual businesses.

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.

Experimental estimates of the prevalence and duration of long COVID symptoms, and rates of adverse events for hospitalised coronavirus (COVID-19) patients compared with those for matched control patients.

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

Provisional age-standardised mortality rates for deaths due to COVID-19 by sex, English regions and Welsh health boards.