Provisional counts of the number of deaths and age-standardised mortality rates involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) in England and Wales. Figures are provided by age, sex, geographies down to local authority level and deprivation indices.

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.

In December 2024, the regional vacancy rates of the NHS workforce in the South West of England region varied greatly per sector. The NHS workforce vacancy rate in the third quarter of 2024/25 stood at zero percent in the specialist sector, whereas it stood at almost *** percent in the sector of mental health. Vacancy figures decreased in March 2020, which corresponds to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of January 12, 2023, COVID-19 has been responsible for 202,157 deaths in the UK overall. The North West of England has been the most affected area in terms of deaths at 28,116, followed by the South East of England with 26,221 coronavirus deaths. Furthermore, there have been 22,264 mortalities in London as a result of COVID-19.

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

This study consists of transcripts of interviews conducted as part of the research project Identity, Inequality and the Media in Brexit-Covid-19-Britain. These transcripts report verbatim on in-depth interviews conducted with interviewees who live in the South West, East Midlands and North East of England. The interviews were designed to explore the ways in which participants perceived and experienced the social and political impacts of COVID-19 and Brexit. They explore the impact of both the pandemic and Brexit on individuals’ daily lives, their sense of belonging (or not) to place and nation, as well as the ways in which individuals engage with the media. Some of the interviews include a discussion of images that the participants felt captured the processes of Brexit and the pandemic. Furthermore, some of the interviews conducted in the South West focussed specifically on the project artist’s representation of the research themes.

The study authors conducted 90 interviews for this research. Of these, 80 are included in the UKDS version due to confidentiality considerations.

The interviews were conducted between October 2020 and July 2021. During this time England was experiencing national lockdowns and varying degrees of social distancing restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In early-February, 2020, the first cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in the United Kingdom (UK). The number of cases in the UK has since risen to 24,243,393, with 1,062 new cases reported on January 13, 2023. The highest daily figure since the beginning of the pandemic was on January 6, 2022 at 275,646 cases.

COVID deaths in the UK COVID-19 has so far been responsible for 202,157 deaths in the UK as of January 13, 2023, and the UK has one of the highest death toll from COVID-19 in Europe. As of January 13, the incidence of deaths in the UK is 298 per 100,000 population.

Regional breakdown The South East has the highest amount of cases in the country with 3,123,050 confirmed cases as of January 11. London and the North West have 2,912,859 and 2,580,090 cases respectively.

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

The COVID-19 dashboard includes data on city/town COVID-19 activity, confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, confirmed and probable deaths related to COVID-19, and the demographic characteristics of cases and deaths.

Number of excess deaths, including deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) and due to other causes. Including breakdowns by age, sex and geography.

Context

The key results for the data collected on the number and percentage of VTE risk assessments on inpatients aged 16 and over admitted to NHS-funded acute care (NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and independent sector providers) in quarter 1 (Q1) 2019/20 are: England continues to achieve the 95% NHS Standard Contract threshold. Of the 3.8 million admitted inpatients aged 16 and over for whom data was reported in this collection, 3.7 million (96%) were risk assessed for VTE on admission. From Q4 2015/16 to Q4 2016/17 the percentage of inpatients risk assessed for VTE was stable at 96%. The results for Q1 2017/18 showed a reduction of 1% with 95% of patients being risk assessed for VTE and this remained static until Q4 2017/18. In Q1 2018/19 the percentage of patients being risk assessed for VTE increased to 96% but decreased again in Q2 2018/19 to 95%. In Q3 2018/19 performance increased to 96% and remained at 96% in Q4 2018/19. From April 2019 the data collection changed to include inpatients aged 16 and over at the time of admission. In Q1 2019/20 the percentage of inpatients risk assessed was 96%. In Q1 2019/20, the percentage of admitted inpatients aged 16 and over at the time of admission risk assessed for VTE was 96% for NHS acute care providers and 98% for independent sector providers. NHS acute care providers carried out about 97% of all VTE risk assessments. Six regions (North East and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East of England, London and South East) achieved the 95% NHS Standard Contract operational standard in Q1 2019/20. The South West did not meet the operational standard and risk assessed 94.7% of inpatients. In Q1 2019/20, 80% of providers (240 of the 299 providers) carried out a VTE risk assessment for 95% or more of their admissions (the NHS Standard Contract operational standard). This breaks down as 72% of NHS acute providers (106 of 147) and 88% of independent sector providers (134 of 152). Of the 59 providers (20%) that did not achieve the 95% operational standard in Q1 2019/20, 76% (45 of 59) risk assessed between 90% and 95% of total admissions for VTE. https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/vte-risk-assessment-q1-201920/

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment: Q1 2019/20. The venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment data collection is used to inform a national quality requirement in the NHS Standard Contract for 2019/20, which sets an operational standard of 95% of inpatients (aged 16 and over at the time of admission) undergoing risk assessments each month. https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/vte-risk-assessment-q1-201920/ The official statistics for VTE risk assessment in England for quarter 1 (Q1) 2019/20 (April to June 2019) produced by NHS Improvement were released on 4 September 2019 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Acknowledgements

https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/vte-risk-assessment-q1-201920/

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Inspiration

Patients that are not educated on the signs and symptoms of VTE at hospital discharge. Doctors MUST not forget to explain their patients about the medication, so that many deaths can be avoided.

The incidence of VTE in COVID-19 patients is not well established. Reports have ranged between 1.1% in non-ICU hospital wards to 69% in ICU patients screened with lower extremity ultrasound. Small sample sizes, differences in patient characteristics, co-morbidities, hospital and ICU admission criteria, criteria for diagnostic imaging, and COVID-19 therapies likely contribute to this wide range of estimates. Like other medical patients, those with more severe disease, especially if they have additional risk factors (e.g. older, male, obesity, cancer, history of VTE, comorbid diseases, ICU care), have a higher risk of VTE than those with mild or asymptomatic disease. VTE rate in outpatients has not been reported. https://www.hematology.org/covid-19/covid-19-and-vte-anticoagulation

The following dashboards provide data on contagious respiratory viruses, including acute respiratory diseases, COVID-19, influenza (flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Massachusetts. The data presented here can help track trends in respiratory disease and vaccination activity across Massachusetts.

According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2022, 246 thousand people in the South East of England were estimated to be suffering long COVID symptoms, the highest number across the regions in the UK. In the North West of England a further 218 thousand people were estimated to have long COVID.

Background: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emphasised the critical need to investigate the mental well-being of healthcare professionals working during the pandemic. It has been highlighted that healthcare professionals display a higher prevalence of mental distress and research has largely focused on frontline professions. Social restrictions were enforced during the pandemic that caused rapid changes to the working environment (both clinically and remotely). The present study aims to examine the mental health of a variety of healthcare professionals, comparing overall mental wellbeing in both frontline and non-frontline professionals and the effect of the working environment on mental health outcomes.

Method: A cross-sectional mixed methods design, conducted through an online questionnaire. Demographic information was optional but participants were required to complete: (a) Patient Health Questionnaire, (b) Generalised Anxiety Disorder, (c) Perceived Stress Scale, and (d) Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire included one open-ended question regarding challenges experienced working during the pandemic.

Procedure:
Upon ethical approval the online questionnaire was advertised for six weeks from 1st May 2021 to 12th June 2021 to maximise the total number of respondents able to partake. The survey was hosted on the survey platform “Online Surveys”. It was not possible to determine a response rate because identifying how many people had received the link was unattainable information. The advert for the study was placed on social media platforms (WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter) and shared through emails.

Participants were recruited through the researchers’ existing professional networks and they shared the advertisement and link to questionnaire with colleagues. The information page explained the purpose of the study, eligibility criteria, procedure, costs and benefits of partaking and data storage. Participants were made aware on the information page that completing and submitting the questionnaire indicated their informed consent. It was not possible to submit complete questionnaires unless blank responses were optional demographic data. Participants were informed that completed questionnaires could not be withdrawn due to anonymity.

The questionnaire consisted of four sections: demographic data, mental health information and the four psychometric tools, PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS-10 and CBI. Due to the sensitive nature of this research, only the psychometric measures required an answer for each question, thus all demographic information was optional to encourage participant contentment. Once participants had completed the questionnaire and submitted, they were automatically taken to a debrief page. This revealed the hypothesis of the questionnaire and rationalised why it was necessary to conceal this prior to completion. Participants were signposted to mental health charities and a self-referral form for psychological support. Participants could contact the researcher via email to express an interest in the results. It was explained that findings would be analysed using descriptive statistics to investigate any correlations or patterns in the responses. Data collected was stored electronically, on a password protected laptop. It will be kept for three years and then destroyed.

Instruments: PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS-10 and CBI.

Other questions included:

Thank you for considering taking part in the questionnaire! Please remember by completing and submitting the questionnaire you are giving your informed consent to participate in this study.

Demographic:

Gender: please select one of the following:

Male Female Non-binary Prefer not to answer

Age: what is your age?

Open question: Prefer not to answer

What is your current region in the UK?

South West, East of England, South East, East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, West Midlands, North East, London, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland Prefer not to answer

Ethnicity: please select one of the following:

White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any other White background Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups White and Black Caribbean White and Black African White and Asian Any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic background Asian or Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Any other Asian background Black, African, Caribbean or Black British African Caribbean Any other Black, African or Caribbean background Other ethnic group Arab Option for other please specify Prefer not to answer

Employment/environment:

What was your employment status in 2020 prior to COVID-19 pandemic?

Please select the option that best applies. Employed Self-employed Unpaid work (homemaker/carer) Out of work and looking for work Out of work but not currently looking for work Student Volunteer Retired Unable to work Prefer not to answer Option for other please specify

What is your current employment status?

Please tick the option that best applies. Employed Self-employed Unpaid work (homemaker/carer) Out of work and looking for work Out of work but not currently looking for work Student Volunteer Retired Unable to work Prefer not to answer Option for other please specify

What is your healthcare profession/helping profession?

Please state your job title. Open question

How often did you work from home before the COVID-19 pandemic?

Not at all, rarely, some, most, everyday Option for N/A

How often did you work from home during the first UK national lockdown for COVID-19?

Not at all, rarely, some, most, everyday Option for N/A

How often did you work from home during the second UK national lockdown during COVID-19?

Not at all, rarely, some, most, everyday Option for N/A

How often have you worked from home during the third UK national lockdown during COVID-19?

Not at all, rarely, some, most, everyday Option for N/A

How often are you currently working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Not at all, rarely, some, most, everyday Option for N/A

Mental health:

How would you describe your mental health leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Excellent, Very good, Good, Fair, Poor

How would you describe your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Excellent, Very good, Good, Fair, Poor

What have been the main challenges working as a healthcare professional/helping profession during COVID-19 pandemic? Open question

Data analysis: Firstly, any missing data was checked by the researcher and noted in the results section. The data was then analysed using a statistical software package called Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 28 (SPSS-28). Descriptive statistics were collected to organise and summarise the data, and a correlation coefficient describes the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables. Inferential statistics were used to determine whether the effects were statistically significant. Responses to the open-ended question were coded and examined for key themes and patterns utilising the Braun and Clarke (2006) thematic analysis approach.

Ethical considerations: The study was approved by the Health Science, Engineering and Technology Ethical Committee with Delegated Authority at the University of Hertfordshire.

The potential benefits and risks of partaking in the research were contemplated and presented on the information page to promote informed consent. Precautions to prevent harm to participants included eligibility criteria, excluding those under eighteen years older or experiencing mental health distress. As the questionnaire was based around employment and the working environment, another exclusion involved experiencing a recent job change which caused upset.

An anonymous questionnaire and optional input of demographic data fostered the participants’ right to autonomy, privacy and respect. Specific employment and organisation or company information were not collected to protect confidentiality. Although participants were initially deceived regarding the hypotheses, they were provided with accurate information about the purpose of the study. Deceit was appropriate to collect unbiased information and participants were subsequently informed of the hypotheses on the debrief page.

This research draws on interview-based research that took place between May and June 2021 to capture the experience of staff and volunteers at a London food co-op that set up a shopping service for vulnerable people at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As well as reflecting on the food co-op, what it is and their relationship to it, participants discuss the foundation of the shopping (shop and drop) service and their relationship to it. They also explore broader topics such as the wider impacts of COVID-19 on their own lives and life in the UK, their opinion on the governmental response to COVID-19, and their understanding of concepts such as mutual aid, cooperation and community, which became so prevalent during the pandemic.

The financial crisis of 2008 and resultant period of austerity have had a significant impact on the nature of politics, the economy and the lives of everyday citizens in Britain. These political-economic shifts have informed and adjusted the ideals, practices and structures of community organising, raising questions about the nature of citizenship, grassroots political action and the structures of society in Britain today. The COVID-19 pandemic is further highlighting issues of inequality, while catalysing more community organising and network building. In the wake of Brexit, tensions around issues such as welfare, immigration and identity have also become increasingly polarising. This research takes an ethnographic approach to experiences of social and political-economic change, community-building and collective organising to offer a nuanced representation of life in contemporary Britain and the impacts of increasingly neoliberal policies on food and housing.

Despite the fact that Britain is one of the richest countries in the world, more than 8 million people are suffering from food insecurity today (Lambie-Mumford 2017). Where food has historically been one of the biggest income expenditures, it now averages just 10-16% for the lowest income households in the UK (DEFRA 2017). The fact that many people in Britain are unable to afford to eat despite this reduction, highlights one of the stark realities of life in Britain. The country is also undergoing a severe housing crisis, which is felt most acutely in cities such as London (Minton 2017). While housing used to be more affordable than food, by the 1990s this had become the main cost for the average household (Hickman 2008; Cribb et al. 2012). This raises questions about how the social and financial value of food and housing and the levels of urgency attached to each impact on how people mobilise and organise around them today, whether as activists or humanitarians; and what structures, practices and ideologies they draw on.

As part of my doctoral work I conducted two years of ethnographic research with grassroots, retail food co-ops in London. This focused on practices of politics, aid and care in the face of austerity and the growing humanitarian crisis around food. The Politics of Food and Housing in Changing Times aims to consolidate and disseminate my PhD findings, and draw out the issues around housing which were already present in the thesis. In order to further my understanding of housing issues and the forms of collective organising used in relation to them, I will build on my established networks and contacts in London to do two months of fieldwork with housing activists. I will develop a research funding proposal from this work which makes a theoretical contribution to the social sciences on food, housing, political economy, and creates impact for the groups involved. In addition to the production of this new research and proposal, key outputs for the fellowship will include: A monograph based on the PhD thesis that engages with public and social scientific debates on austerity, food and activism, therefore appealing to both academics and practitioners. Three research participant workshops for people and organisations that contributed to my doctoral work. A practitioner workshop on food access and sustainability. I will also present at two international conferences. The fellowship activities are designed to build on each other, benefitting my career progression, while also creating pathways to impact. Drawing on my existing networks in London, the South West and mainland Europe, they will engage academics and practitioners across a range of disciplinary and professional backgrounds to share experiences and findings and develop tools in relation to the politics of food and housing, sustainability, poverty alleviation, community-building and social cohesion; and to build on local and international networks in order to share resources and findings.

Due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, tourism in Great Britain was significantly limited between ********** and **********, resulting in a lack of data collection for that period. With the ease of the travel restrictions, domestic trips in the region recovered. Between April and *************, the South West of England recorded the highest number of domestic overnight trips in Great Britain, with around ********** journeys. Over the same period, the South East of England reported the second-highest figure, with roughly ************ domestic overnight trips.

The day before the UK government's national lockdown announcement due to the coronavirus outbreak, footfall in retail locations in the UK saw a dramatic fall compared to the same period the previous year. Overall, retail footfall in the UK went down by over ** percent. In other regions in the UK, such as the South West and Wales, visitor traffic decreased as much as ** percent.

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

On March 4, 2020, the first death as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) was recorded in the United Kingdom (UK). The number of deaths in the UK has increased significantly since then. As of January 13, 2023, the number of confirmed deaths due to coronavirus in the UK amounted to 202,157. On January 21, 2021, 1,370 deaths were recorded, which was the highest total in single day in the UK since the outbreak began.

Number of deaths among highest in Europe
The UK has had the highest number of deaths from coronavirus in western Europe. In terms of rate of coronavirus deaths, the UK has recorded 297.8 deaths per 100,000 population.

Cases in the UK The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK was 24,243,393 as of January 13, 2023. The South East has the highest number of first-episode confirmed cases of the virus in the UK with 3,123,050 cases, while London and the North West have 2,912,859 and 2,580,090 confirmed cases respectively. As of January 16, the UK has had 50 new cases per 100,000 in the last seven days.

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

As of October 3, 2023, there were 2,189,008 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland. The Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board has the highest amount of confirmed cases at 514,117, although this is also the most populated part of Scotland. The Lothian health board has 368,930 confirmed cases which contains Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.

Situation in the rest of the UK Across the whole of the UK there have been 24,243,393 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of January 2023. Scotland currently has fewer cases than four regions in England. As of December 2023, the South East has the highest number of confirmed first-episode cases of the virus in the UK with 3,180,101 registered cases, while London and the North West have 2,947,7271 and 2,621,449 confirmed cases, respectively.

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

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

An annual survey conducted among British consumers examined the average number of holidays abroad taken per person in the previous 12 months from 2011 to 2022. According to the 2022 study, looking at the trips made between September 2021 and August 2022, UK residents took an average of *** overseas holidays per capita. While this figure denotes an increase from the 2021 survey, focusing on vacations taken during the first year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it remained below pre-pandemic levels.

How did the COVID-19 pandemic hit outbound tourism from the UK? As the travel restrictions enforced during the health crisis disrupted international tourism, the total number of visits abroad from the UK fell dramatically during the pandemic, reaching a record low of around ** million in 2021. With the sharp decline in visits came a significant drop in the total UK outbound tourism expenditure, decreasing by nearly ** billion British pounds in 2021 compared to 2019.

What are the most popular destinations for UK travelers? Despite the significant decline in tourists caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain remained the leading outbound travel destination from the UK during the health crisis, recording over **** million Britons' visits in 2021. Meanwhile, when focusing on the domestic market, the South West and South East of England were the most popular regions for summer staycations in the UK.

In 2020, approximately *** million people worked mainly from home in the United Kingdom, an increase of around **** million people when compared with 1998, when just *** million workers mainly worked from home. As a share of all workers in the United Kingdom, this was the equivalent of **** percent of the UK workforce, compared with **** percent in 1998. Rise of the hybrid workforce More recent figures on working location trends in Great Britain, indicate that as of June 2025, around ** percent of workers had worked from home exclusively in the last seven days, with a further ** percent only travelling to work. Just over a ******* of British workers, however, had both worked from home and traveled to work in the last seven days. Although less common than only travelling to work, hybrid working has generally been more popular than only working at home since around Spring 2022 and is possibly one of the most enduring impacts that COVID-19 had on the labor market. Demographics of homeworkers While advancements in internet connectivity and communication software have enabled more people to work from home than ever before, there are still obvious disparities in the share of homeworkers by industry. Over **** of the UK’s agriculture workforce in 2020 regularly worked from home, compared with just *** percent of those that worked in accommodation or food service. In the same year, the region with the highest share of people working from home was South West England at **** percent, while Northern Ireland had the lowest at just *** percent.