Covid index - June/July 2022 - October 2022 (and after)
5 Aug 2022: Covid infections are continuing to fall in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Roughly 2.6 million people had the virus in the week to 26 July, compared to 3.2 million the previous week.
The number of people in hospital with the virus is also decreasing.
But experts warn there is still a lot of Covid around, with data estimating one in 25 people in England currently have the virus.
Vaccines are helping protect people from severe illness, however.
19 Aug 2022: Covid booster rollout to start in early September in England
20 Aug 2022: Covid infections in UK continue to fall
25 Aug 2022: NHS and care homes in England to pause routine Covid testing
26 Aug 2022: Covid infections keep falling in August across UK - now 1 in 45
Chinese outcry after volleyballers wear N95 masks during match
1 Sep 2022: Covid in China: Chengdu lockdown after outbreak
3 Sep 2022: Covid: Millions invited for booster jabs from Monday
5 Sep 2022: Announcement that Liz Truss had won the Conservative leadership election
6 Sep 2022: Liz Truss appointed Prime Minister by Queen
8 Sep 2022: Queen dies
12 Sep 2022: UK Covid infections lowest since last October
20 Sep 2022: Covid-19 pandemic is over in the US - Joe Biden
21 Sep 2022: Danish queen tests positive for Covid day after Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
22 Sep 2022: Covid: Hong Kong to end controversial hotel quarantine policy
23 Sep 2022: Covid: First rise in infections in UK since July
One in 70 tested positive, with the largest rise in secondary school children in the week to 14 September.
Japan to lift restrictions on foreign tourists
Covid index - June/July 2022 - October 2022 (and after)
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