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