Covid-19 in the UK: How many coronavirus cases are there in my area?
By The Visual and Data Journalism Team
BBC News
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There have been more than 19.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and more than 162,000 people have died, government figures show.
However, these figures include only people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.
So far, 92% of people aged 12 and over in the UK have had their first vaccine dose, 86% have had their second and 67% have had a booster.
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Reinfections included in daily cases
A further 170,985 confirmed cases were reported on Monday. This includes figures for Saturday and Sunday which are no longer reported separately.
It does not, however, include cases for Scotland as these figures were unavailable.
Until 31 January, only the first episode of infection was counted in the official daily figures - apart from in Wales - but reinfections are now included across the UK.
The red and orange areas on the map below show the places currently seeing the highest number of cases per 100,000 people.
Vaccine rollout continuing
Nearly 53 million people, 92% of those aged 12 and over in the UK, have now received a first dose of a vaccine.
The number of people who have received a second vaccine dose is 49 million, or 86% of people aged 12 and over.
So far, more than 38 million booster doses have been administered across the UK, with about 32 million in England, 3.5 million in Scotland, two million in Wales and one million in Northern Ireland.
Daily deaths remain low
There were 135 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on Monday, but also covering Saturday and Sunday.
Of those deaths, there were 125 reported in England, three in Wales and seven in Northern Ireland. Scotland data was unavailable on Monday.
As of 1 February, the reported daily deaths figure includes people who have died after being infected for a second time. These people used to be removed from the totals.
Until recently, the number of deaths in which a doctor thinks Covid played a role had been running lower than the official daily count.
It's always been true that some people who die within 28 days of a positive Covid test do so due to an illness or condition unrelated to coronavirus. Despite this, they are still included in the official daily figures.
When there are huge numbers of people testing positive - as there were in December and January - the number of people testing positive but dying from other reasons increases.
After a period of looking very different, the gap between the two ways of counting deaths has begun to close.
Hospital numbers
The most recent government figures for the whole of the UK show 11,944 people with coronavirus were in hospital, up from 10,588 a week earlier.
Of those in hospital with coronavirus, 253 are in mechanical ventilation beds - using ventilators to help them breathe - down from 264 a week earlier.
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Death toll could be over 180,000
When looking at the overall death toll from coronavirus, official figures count deaths in three different ways, each giving a slightly different number.
First, government figures - the ones reported each day - count people who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. This figure is more than 162,000.
According to the latest ONS figures, the UK has now seen more than 184,000 deaths in total - that's all those deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate even if the person had not been tested for the virus.
The third measure counts all deaths over and above the expected number since the pandemic began - that figure was about 143,000 as of 25 February.
In total, there were 12,648 deaths registered in the week to 25 February.
Of the total deaths, 878 were related to coronavirus, a decrease of 92 from the previous week.
What is the R number?
The "R number" is the average number of people an infected person will pass the disease on to.
If R is below one, then the number of people contracting the disease will fall; if it is above one, the number will grow.
The government has said in the past that the R number is one of the most important factors in making policy decisions.
The latest R number estimate for England is 0.8 to 1.0, for Scotland it is 0.9 to 1.1, for Wales is 0.7 to 0.9 while for Northern Ireland it is 0.8 to 0.95.
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