Public Health England (PHE) publish daily updated data on confirmed cases of COVID-19. This note provides a summary of the key data for London from this release alongside related data published by NHS and Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Data on deaths related to COVID-19 and on changes in behaviour is also available.
This update contains data on COVID-19 on:
Data reported by the Public Health England Coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard, last updated on 16 December 2021, including:
- Data on the number of cases identified daily through Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 testing at the national, regional and local authority level.
- Cases by age
- Data on the number of people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19
- Data on the number of COVID-19 patients in Hospital
Number of NHS Pathways triages through 111 and 999, and online assessments in 111 online which have received a potential COVID-19 final disposition - last updated on 08 December 2021 with data up to and including 07 December 2021.
Regional infection rates estimated in the Office of National Statistics Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study Pilot - last updated on 10 December 2021 with data up to and including 01 December 2021.
The data on cases of COVID-19 can be explored by London Borough using the tool lower down the page.
Key Points
- On 16 December 2021 the daily number of new people tested positive for COVID-19 in London was reported as 23,272
- The total number of COVID-19 cases identified in London is 1,448,478 as at 15 December 2021, this compares to 9,420,017 cases for England as a whole
- In the most recent week of complete data, 05 December 2021 - 11 December 2021, 59,379 cases were identified in London, a rate of 660 cases per 100,000 population. This compares with 41,821 cases and a rate of 464 for the previous week.
- In the most recent week of complete data, 05 December 2021 - 11 December 2021, 305,434 cases were identified in England as a whole, a rate of 540 cases per 100,000 population. This compares with 284,534 cases and a rate of 503 for the previous week.
- Up to and including 15 December 2021 6,228,352 people in London had received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 5,644,419 had received two doses.
Data for recent days are constantly being revised as more information becomes available.
Cases data
| 05 December | 06 December | 07 December | 08 December | 09 December | 10 December | 11 December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 5,296 | 8,155 | 8,513 | 9,347 | 9,588 | 9,451 | 9,029 |
| Rest of England | 28,639 | 41,120 | 37,661 | 38,404 | 36,860 | 33,141 | 30,230 |
Vaccination Data
PHE publish data on vaccinations that were reported in the National Immunisation Management Service which is the system of record for the vaccination programme in England. Only people who have an NHS number and are currently alive are included. The percent of the population vaccinated has been calculated using ONS 2020 mid-year population estimates for people over the age of 12. Note these rates differ from those published on the PHE COVID-19 dashboard, see explanation in notes section below.
A more detailed analysis of the vaccine roll out in London can be found here.
| Age band | Number of doses | Percent of population vaccinated | Number of doses | Percent of population vaccinated | Number of doses | Percent of population vaccinated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 - 15 years | 163,614 | 38.5% | 2,923 | 0.7% | 20 | 0.0% |
| 16 - 17 years | 105,482 | 54.3% | 52,987 | 27.3% | 1,891 | 1.0% |
| 18 - 24 years | 560,462 | 76.1% | 471,833 | 64.1% | 44,114 | 6.0% |
| 25 - 29 years | 625,282 | 82.5% | 566,007 | 74.7% | 84,312 | 11.1% |
| 30 - 34 years | 663,173 | 80.7% | 610,109 | 74.2% | 119,674 | 14.6% |
| 35 - 39 years | 622,748 | 79.8% | 580,778 | 74.5% | 135,939 | 17.4% |
| 40 - 44 years | 585,479 | 86.4% | 553,163 | 81.7% | 209,414 | 30.9% |
| 45 - 49 years | 533,017 | 89.1% | 507,988 | 84.9% | 223,034 | 37.3% |
| 50 - 54 years | 517,712 | 90.8% | 496,985 | 87.2% | 298,133 | 52.3% |
| 55 - 59 years | 476,662 | 93.7% | 459,711 | 90.4% | 308,355 | 60.6% |
| 60 - 64 years | 382,817 | 94.4% | 371,046 | 91.5% | 278,149 | 68.6% |
| 65 - 69 years | 293,912 | 92.4% | 286,271 | 90.0% | 236,685 | 74.4% |
| 70 - 74 years | 254,814 | 90.9% | 249,620 | 89.0% | 219,675 | 78.3% |
| 75 - 79 years | 186,008 | 94.7% | 182,529 | 92.9% | 162,171 | 82.6% |
| 80+ years | 257,170 | 84.7% | 252,469 | 83.2% | 217,858 | 71.8% |
| Total | 6,228,352 | 82.2% | 5,644,419 | 74.5% | 2,539,424 | 33.5% |
Other indicators of prevalence of COVID-19
Notes on data sources
Public Health England reports new and cumulative cases identified by Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 testing. Pillar 1 testing relates to tests carried out in PHE laboratories or NHS Hospitals for those with clinical need, and health and care workers. Pillar 2 testing relates to tests carried out on the wider population in Lighthouse laboratories, public, private and academic sector laboratories or using lateral flow devices.
The cases data is published by day for Countries within the UK, and Regions, Upper Tier Local Authority (UTLA) and Lower Tier Local Authority (LTLA) within England. The data used here is taken from the regional and UTLA level cases data.
PHE publish the daily total number of patients admitted to hospital, patients in hospital and patients in mechanical ventilation beds with COVID-19. In England this includes all COVID-19 patients being treated in NHS Hospital Acute Trusts with a type 1 A&E department.
PHE publish the number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination, by day on which the vaccine was administered. Data are reported daily, and can be updated for historical dates as vaccinations given are recorded on the relevant system. Therefore, data for recent dates may be incomplete. Vaccinations that were carried out in England are reported in the National Immunisation Management Service which is the system of record for the vaccination programme in England. Only people who have an NHS number and are currently alive are included.
The data includes counts of vaccinations by age band, dose, region and local authority.
The counts of vaccines given has been converted to percentage of the population vaccinated using the ONS 2020 mid-year population estimates. This is a different population estimate to that used on the PHE COVID-19 dashboard for sub-national data. The PHE dashboard uses people aged 16 and over in the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), which is based on GP registrations. In more urban areas like London, NIMS is likely to give an overestimate of the population due to increased population mobility increasing the likelihood duplicate or out of date GP records. Due to the differences in population estimates the percentage of the population vaccinated given here will be higher than the figures included for London on the PHE COVID-19 dashboard.
Source: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK - About the Data. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
NHS Digital publishes potential Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms reported through NHS Pathways (111 and 999) and 111 online in England each day. The data is not based on the outcomes of tests for coronavirus, is not a count of people and is based on a users current location which may differ from their usual residence.
Several areas in England (including London) use another system to triage calls to 999, so most 999 calls related to COVID-19 in those areas will not be included in this data.
Due to changes in the 111 online tool between 9th April - 23rd April data for under 18s is not available for this period.
Source: Potential Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms reported through NHS Pathways and 111 online
The ONS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey analysis was produced by the ONS in collaboration with the University of Oxford, the University of Manchester, PHE and Wellcome Trust. It estimates the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus within the community population (private residential households excluding those in hospitals, care homes and/or other institutional settings).
Source: ONS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey pilot. Methodology
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