Cases down, long covid concerns

Symptomatic cases, UK

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data

https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-numbers-tumble

Down 27 % on the week

Government figures 10 times lower

UK R-value = 0.8

England, 0.8

Wales, 0.9

Scotland, 0.9.

One in 27 people in the UK currently symptomatic

BA.1 BA.2 symptoms

BA.2 probably generate more mild symptoms

BA.2 lower severity

XE, not currently a big concern

ONS

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveytechnicalarticlecumulativeincidenceofthenumberofpeoplewhohavetestedpositiveforcovid19uk/22april2022

Cumulative percentage, tested positive, survey

N = 535,116
27th April 2020 to 11th February 2022

70.7% in England (38.5 million people)

56.0% in Wales (1.7 million people)

72.2% in Northern Ireland (1.3 million people)

51.5% in Scotland (2.7 million people)

Risk of reinfection

10 times higher in Omicron times (20 December 2021 to 20 March 2022)

Compared with the period when the Delta variant was most common (17 May to 19 December 2021).

Risk of death

Risk of death involving Omicron variant was 67% lower than the Delta variant of COVID-19
Antibodies

Self-reported long COVID

1.8 million people (2.8% of the population)

As of 3 April 2022

73% symptoms at least 12 weeks

44% at least one year

Features

Fatigue, 51%

Shortness of breath, 33%

Loss of sense of smell, 26%

Difficulty concentrating, 23%

Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities, 67%)

In double-vaccinated people

Self-reported long COVID was almost twice as common after Delta than after Omicron BA.1 infections

Antibody levels

Antibodies and Immunity – how do they relate to one another?

At or above the 179 ng/ml (16 and older)

98.8% in England

98.7% in Wales

99.0% in Northern Ireland

98.9% in Scotland

Antibody level of 800 ng/ml

95.4% in England

95.6% in Wales

94.4% in Northern Ireland

94.7% in Scotland

Source