COVID bounce back, based on PCR and LFT test data
Based on PCR and LFT test data
7th to 21st August 2021
Around one million weekly contributors
25,876 recent swab tests
Symptomatic cases in fully vaccinated (UK), 29.4% of the total new daily cases
Our data shows post-vaccination infections are much more like a cold than the flu, with the top symptoms being runny nose, headache, sneezing, sore throat and loss of smell.
We’re again calling on the government to add these cold-like symptoms to their list to help educate the public and catch more cases
New cases are highest in the 18-35 age groups
Followed by the 0-18 year olds
Prevalence
On average 1 in 100 people in the UK currently have symptomatic COVID
UK R value is 1.1 (Scotland, 1.2)
Long covid
Estimated that 870 cases a day will go on to experience symptoms for longer than 12 weeks
Probability of long COVID is much lower than the previous wave
Probability of contracting long COVID is much higher in younger people
Driven by the fact that more young people are contracting COVID now compared to older
generations
Professor Tim Spector
Unfortunately, we’re back in a position where cases, hospitalisations and deaths are all going up and the UK has the highest rates of COVID in Europe, despite our superior vaccination rates.
The main difference between the UK and Europe is our lack of restrictions. In many parts of Europe, people are still wearing face coverings and observing some social distancing.
In the UK, where we eagerly declared ‘freedom’ from COVID and did away with even the most basic social measures, COVID has found an opportunity to spread.
As kids head back to the classrooms, there’s a good chance cases will continue to rise from here.
UK data
United States data
