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The latest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk level in the UK.
Published 24 January 2020
Last updated 16 April 2020 — see all updates
From:
Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England
Contents
Number of cases and deaths
Risk level
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Number of cases and deaths
As of 9am on 16 April,417,649 tests have concluded, with 18,665 tests
carried out on 15 April.
327,608 people have been tested, of whom 103,093 tested positive.
As of 5pm on 15 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested
positive for coronavirus, 13,729 have died.
Tests People tested Positive Deaths
Daily 18,665 13,839 4,618 861
Total 417,649 327,608 103,093 13,729
Breakdown of testing by 3 of the testing strategy ‘pillars’
Daily
Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 4 Total
People tested 11,516 2,323 - 13,839
Tests 16,166 2,323 176 18,665
Positive 3,869 749 - 4,618
Cumulative
Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 4 Total
People tested 303,870 23,738 - 327,608
Tests 390,731 23,738 3,180 417,649
Positive 95,193 7,900 - 103,093
Pillar 1: swab testing in PHE labs and NHS hospitals for those with a
medical need and the most critical workers and their families
Pillar 2: swab testing for key workers and their households
Pillar 4: serology testing: a national surveillance programme for
population blood testing, using a high-accuracy antibody test operated
by Public Health England (PHE) to find out what proportion of the
population have had the virus
See the government’s national testing strategy for more information on
the different pillars.
Explanatory notes
Data on UK positive and negative tests and data on deaths is updated on
this page daily at 2pm or shortly after. The figures for test results
and for deaths are compiled from different sources. This is why the
figures for deaths are reported from an earlier point in time than the
figures for test results.
Some people are tested more than once for clinical reasons, therefore
the number of tests completed is higher than the number of people
tested. For serology testing (Pillar 4), some protocols allow for
samples to be tested repeatedly. Samples are anonymised prior to sending
to the lab for testing, therefore the identification of individuals
tested is not possible in the current reporting process, and so the
number of people tested is not reported
Daily totals reflect actual counts reported for the previous day. Each
day there may be corrections to previous reported figures. This means
that previously published daily counts will not necessarily sum to the
latest cumulative figure. It also means that today’s cumulative count
may not match the previous day’s cumulative count plus today’s daily
count. The figure for the number of “tests” excludes data from Northern
Ireland.
16 April notes
The difference between the cumulative numbers from today and yesterday
for “number of tests” is 68 off the daily increase figures, this is due
to PHE correcting some errors in their historical data.
The difference between the cumulative numbers from today and yesterday
for “number of positive cases” is 1 off the daily increase figures, this
is due to Wales removing duplicates from their historic data.
Incorporating figures on swab testing for critical key workers
From 10 April, figures for positive tests include positive case results
from swab testing for key workers and their households (pillar 2). Data
on positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their
households between 25 March and 9 April is available below.
Date Positive
Wed 25 March 0
Thurs 26 March 0
Fri 27 March 5
Sat 28 March 10
Sun 29 March 69
Mon 30 March 46
Tues 31 March 241
Wed 1 April 243
Thurs 2 April 278
Fri 3 April 222
Sat 4 April 265
Sun 5 April 296
Mon 6 April 341
Tues 7 April 254
Wed 8 April 374
Thurs 9 April 331
Notes on deaths figures
The figures on deaths relate in almost all cases to patients who have
died in hospital and who have tested positive for COVID-19. Slight
differences in reporting in devolved administrations may mean that they
include a small number of deaths outside hospital. The figures are
compiled from validated data provided by NHS England and Improvement,
Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales and the Public Health
Agency (Northern Ireland).
These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in
care homes, except as indicated above. This approach allows us to
compile deaths data on a daily basis using up-to-date figures. The data
includes confirmed cases reported as at 5pm the previous day. The amount
of time between occurrence of death and reporting in these figures may
vary slightly and in some cases could be a few days, so figures at 5pm
may not include all deaths for that day.
In addition to these figures, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
publishes weekly counts of deaths in which COVID-19 was mentioned on the
death certificate. This publication is issued every Tuesday, starting on
31 March. It includes cases outside hospital and also some cases where
COVID-19 is suspected but no test has taken place. ONS data will
initially cover England and Wales only and will report on deaths
registered up to 11 days before publication, so up to 20 March for their
first release.
Material published by PHE
PHE updates a daily dashboard to show trends in UK data on positive
tests and deaths and to provide confirmed cases in each local authority
and NHS region in England.
Risk level
The risk to the UK has been raised to high.
Published 24 January 2020
Last updated 16 April 2020 + show all updates >>>End of Quote
