Coronavirus cases in the UK by region 2023| ��ƽ��

Number of first episode COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom (UK) as of December 14, 2023, by country/region

Characteristic	Number of cases
South East	3,180,101
London	2,947,727
North West	2,621,449
Scotland	2,189,008
East of England	2,134,859
West Midlands	1,974,121
South West	1,869,540
Yorkshire and The Humber	1,855,846
East Midlands	1,650,657
North East	964,009
Wales	861,235
Northern Ireland*	713,294

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December 2023

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Survey time period

December 14, 2023

Supplementary notes

Regions shown for England are NHS regions.

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In early-February 2020, the first cases of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom (UK) were confirmed. As of December 2023, the South East had the highest number of confirmed first episode cases of the virus in the UK with 3,180,101 registered cases, while London had 2,947,727 confirmed first-time cases. Overall, there has been 24,243,393 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK as of January 13, 2023.

COVID deaths in the UK

COVID-19 was responsible for 202,157 deaths in the UK as of January 13, 2023, and the UK had the highest death toll from coronavirus in western Europe. The incidence of deaths in the UK was 297.8 per 100,000 population as January 13, 2023.

Current infection rate in Europe

The infection rate in the UK was 43.3 cases per 100,000 population in the last seven days as of March 13, 2023. Austria had the highest rate at 224 cases per 100,000 in the last week.

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