
Spread of the corona virus in the United Kingdom
19th calendar week (05/09/2022 to 05/15/2022): 16.2 new infections per day per 100,000 inhabitantsBy May 16th, 2022, 20524321 infected persons and 175178 deaths have been reported in the country. The first confirmed infections were reported in February 2020, which is the date of the official notification. An additional 10-14 days are calculated for noticing one's own infection, the doctor's appointment, the laboratory test and, above all, the period from the infection until the first symptoms appear.
The total of 20,524,321 infected people represent 30.54% of the country's total population. The number of new infections during the 19th calendar week was 76,133 , representing 16.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per day.
The first graph shows the number of reported infections per calendar week. The second graph below the number of deaths.
Mortality rate of infected persons
From the previously infected and deceased people, in the United Kingdom results in a mortality rate of 0.9%. It should be borne in mind that death occurs an average of 19 days after the first symptoms appear. The time of the actual infection is therefore followed by several days until a person affected has a medical test carried out and the results are available.Due to the current corona pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers weekly. A list of all infected and dead people by country can be found on our Corona virus topic page.
Current development
Calendar week | Infected | Deaths |
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19/2022 | 76,133 | 998 |
18/2022 | 53,808 | 1,093 |
17/2022 | 94,126 | 1,176 |
16/2022 | 232,094 | 2,747 |
15/2022 | 151,467 | 1,306 |
14/2022 | 236,490 | 4,310 |
13/2022 | 668,558 | 1,326 |
12/2022 | 482,641 | 788 |
11/2022 | 441,123 | 587 |
10/2022 | 522,058 | 932 |
Weight and size
Male | Female | |
---|---|---|
Body height | 178 cm | 164 cm |
BMI | 27.4 | 27.1 |
Weight | 86.7 kg | 72.7 kg |
Diseases
United Kingdom | Ø worldwide | |
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Diabetes * | 3.90% | 8.81% |
Tuberculosis | 0.01% | 0.13% |
* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.
Child vaccinations
United Kingdom | Ø worldwide | |
---|---|---|
Measles | 91.0% | 85.7% |
Hepatitis B | 0.09% | 0.08% |
DTP * | 9.30% | 8.57% |
* DTP is a three times combined basic vaccination against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, which should be given to children up to the age of 23 months.
In the United Kingdom, 16.1% of all over 15-year-olds are still smokers.
7 percent of newborns are underweight.
Medical supplies

With about 189,000 physicians in the United Kingdom, there are about 2.81 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1000 inhabitants and in the EU even 3.57.
Through medical care, the mortality of major known diseases can be reduced to an above-average extent. For example, only about 10 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.