UK Coronavirus Update, with an Australian prospective

UK, Cases, 307,252 or 2, 800, 000

Deaths, 46,295

Case fatality rate = 15%

Infection fatality rate = 1.65%

Deaths with positive test result

46,210

Death certificates with COVID-19

55,763

IFR, 1.99%

Excess deaths for the time period

63, 957

IFR, 2.28%

ONS

R = 0.8 – 0.9 (SAGE, 31st July)

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26

20th to 26th July

Slight increase in the number in England testing positive in recent weeks

Based on nose and throat swabs

35,700 people in the community in England had COVID-19 (0.07% of the community population)

New infections also increased

An estimated 4,200 new cases of COVID-19 per day in England.

New cases, 2,110 (Tracker app)

26 April and 26 July 2020

1 in 16 people (6.2%) who provided blood samples tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies

This equates to 2.8 million people in England

These numbers exclude people in hospitals and care homes

Week ending 17th July 2020 (Week 29) England and Wales

Deaths involving COVID-19 = 295 (3.3% of all deaths in that week)

22nd to 26th July 2020

65% of adults in Great Britain worried about the effect of (COVID-19) on their life

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