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Long Covid. Roughly 1.3 million UK people have "long Covid", symptoms lasting over four weeks following initial infection, according to an Office for National Statistics survey. The ONS survey, during four weeks in November and December 2021, claims, of those with long Covid: "51% have fatigue. 37% have loss of smell.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . In the United Kingdom , it has resulted in [ until when? ] 24,974,629 [ 2 ] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [ 2 ] deaths.
The number of recorded deaths rises by 693 to 29,427, [269] giving the UK the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in Europe. [ 270 ] Figures from the Office for National Statistics for the week ending 24 April show 21,997 deaths from all causes registered in England and Wales; this is a decrease of 354 from the previous week but still ...
5 August – The latest Office for National Statistics data shows another drop in the number of people in the UK with COVID-19, with 2.6 million cases in the week up to 26 July, a fall of over half a million from 3.2 million the previous week. [ 21] 6 August – The 2022 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins.
The COVID-19 tier regulations come into force, defining three levels of restrictions to be applied as necessary in geographic areas. These replace and revoke the existing local lockdown regulations. The Liverpool City Region is the first to be assigned to the strictest tier. 14 October 2020
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme begins to wind down, with plans for it to cease at the end of September. Figures from HM Revenue & Customs show a million people came off the scheme during May 2021, with 2.4 million employees covered by it at the end of the month, the lowest number of workers on furlough during the pandemic.
v. t. e. This article outlines the history of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (granular timelines can be found here ). Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019, [ 1 ][ 2 ] COVID-19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020. [ 3 ]
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from January 2021 to June 2021 . There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The numbers of cases and deaths are reported on a government Web site updated daily ...