Covid index - May 2022 - Aug/Sep 2022
6 Jun 2022: Conservative Party announced that Johnson would face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the party, after at least 54 Conservative MPs wrote no-confidence letters to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, meeting the threshold required to arrange such a vote. Johnson won the vote, with 211 in favour and 148 against (59% in favour, 41% against). The number of rebel MPs was larger than had been expected.
17 Jun 2022: Covid infections in the UK are up by more than 40%, the latest weekly Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggest.
19 Jun 2022: Over-75s and people at high risk have been urged to get a Covid booster vaccine, amid warnings of a new wave of infections in Scotland.
24 Jun 2022: Covid: UK infections continuing to rise
30 Jun 2022: Government Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher resigned on 30 June 2022, saying he had "drunk far too much" the night before at the Carlton Club, a private members' club, in St James's, London, and having "embarrassed myself and other people".
1 Jul 2022: The rate of people testing positive for Covid-19 has continued to increase across the UK, the Office for National Statistics says.
In both England and Wales about one in 30 people would have had coronavirus in the week ending 24 June, data just released says.
In Northern Ireland it was about 1 in 25 and in Scotland the rate was about 1 in 18.
3 Jul 2022: six new allegations against Pincher emerged, involving behaviour over a decade. Criticism of Boris for appointing him (although bad local election results and Partgate might have had something to do with unrest).
4 Jul 2022: figures now weekly only, only Wednesdays
5 Jul 2022: Sunak and Javid resigned within minutes of each other, followed over the next 24 hours by 11 other ministers, as well as Conservative MPs from Parliamentary Private Secretary and other Government positions, including the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk.
6 Jul 2022: By 4 p.m., there had been a total of 31 resignations. As of May 2022, the government comprised 122 ministers.
7 Jul 2022: Boris Johnson resigns at 12.30pm. Upon reports of his resignation, the pound sterling temporarily strengthened in value, and UK stocks rose.
8 Jul 2022: Covid infections hit 2.7 million in UK
The number of Covid patients in intensive care has reached 217 in England, increase from 111 at the start of June.
Back in January 2021, more than 3,700 people needed this type of care - intensive care units in danger of being overwhelmed.
14 Jul 2022: Covid: Sore throat now top symptom that could be the virus
15 Jul 2022: Covid infections in the UK jump by 29% in a week, latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows
Weekly coronavirus figures show 3.5 million cases were recorded in the week to 6 July, up from 2.7 million the week before
One in 20 in the UK now has the virus, up from one in 25 the week before
Two sub-variants of Omicron - called BA.4 and BA.5 - are driving new infections.
Jabs are still offering strong protection against severe illness
But rising Covid admissions, combined with staff sickness and the heatwave, are putting increasing strain on the NHS
Nearly three million adults in England have still not come forward for a Covid vaccine, ONS data reveals
Meanwhile a new fast-spreading variant BA.2.75 has been detected in India, UK, US, Australia, Germany and Canada
22 Jul 2022: UK Covid cases continuing to rise
One in 17 people in the UK has coronavirus, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest.
That is about 5.8% of the population - up from 5.4% the week before.
The number of people testing positive across the UK has been rising since the start of June but the rate of rise is showing signs of slowing down.
Many of the recent cases have been caused by fast-spreading sub-variants of Omicron, called BA.4 and BA.5.
30 Jul 2022: Covid infections are on the way down in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.
An estimated 3.2 million people had the virus in the week up to 20 July, compared to 3.8 million the week before.
Hospital cases are also decreasing. Admissions in England of people with Covid stood at 16.3 per 100,000 people in the seven days to July 24, down from 18.2 the previous week.
There is still lots of Covid around to catch, even though the rates are declining, experts warn.
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