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 pa...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 4,368 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, compared to 3,899 on Sunday, the government reported on its website. The daily numbers of cases have risen sharply in recent weeks to levels last seen in early May, when the pandemic was starting to abate in ...
FILE PIC: The United Kingdom has reported another 155 daily COVID deaths and a further 30,693 infections in the latest 24-hour period, according to government figures. /Xinhua The United Kingdom has reported another 155 daily COVID deaths and a further 30,693 infection...
With covid cases and hospital admissions again rising, Elisabeth Mahase examines what is driving the trendAfter several weeks of decline, global covid-19 case numbers are rising again. Parts of Asia such as Hong Kong are experiencing huge and deadly su...
Worldwide, the US recording by far the most cases of COVID-19. The worst affected countries are mostly in the Americas and Europe. Tap or click through the chart below to find out which countries have been affected and how badly.
Officials are now working to trace just 15 people to have tested positive following the nine official test events, with that level of infection in line with case numbers for the broader population. "The aim of our world-leading events research programme is to examine the risk of COVID-19 tr...
New cases of Covid-19 in the UK averaged nearly half a million a day during the week after Christmas, almost three times the official figures, new analysis suggests. It comes as health agencies have urged caution about interpreting the regular case numbers published each day ...
While healthy children are generally able to fight off the disease, the rising case numbers "may be of concern to parents, grandparents with caring responsibilities, and teachers, some of whom may not be vaccinated or have health conditions that make them vulnerable," said Clarke. ...
Between September 25 and October 2, the United Kingdom inadvertently omitted nearly 16,000 COVID-19 records in an official database, leading to drastically inaccurate case numbers in England. The culprit, according to Public Health England (PHE)—a government body of the U.K.'s Department ...
According to new modelling for scientists advising the government, tougher COVID restrictions are going to be needed to stop hospitals being overwhelmed. Experts at University of Warwick estimate that even if Omicron's severity is just 20 percent of Delta's, the current plan B restrictions are li...