UK Covid 15 December – 165 deaths and 78,610 cases – see hospitals and vaccination data

Testing is where we do a test to see who has coronavirus. Some people are tested more than once.

There were 1,319,891 tests reported on 14 December 2021. This shows an increase of 15.2%compared to the previous 7 days.

Between 8 December 2021 and 14 December 2021, there have been 8,700,982 tests.

Cases

A confirmed case is someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.

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78,610 new people had a confirmed positive test result reported on 15 December 2021.

Between 9 December 2021 and 15 December 2021, 404,869 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 19.1% compared to the previous 7 days.

Vaccinations

Vaccines are currently given in 2 doses, at least 21 days apart.

51,332,920 people had been given a first dose by the end of 14 December 2021.

46,842,497 people had been given a second dose by the end of 14 December 2021.

Healthcare

Some people with coronavirus have to go into hospital.

774 people with coronavirus went into hospital on 11 December 2021.

Between 5 December 2021 and 11 December 2021, 5,984 went into hospital with coronavirus. This shows an increase of 10.4% compared to the previous 7 days.

There were 7,673 patients in hospital with coronavirus on 14 December 2021.

Some people in the hospital need to use a special device called a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe.

There were 896 coronavirus patients in hospital beds with a mechanical ventilator on 14 December 2021.

Deaths

There were 165 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for coronavirus reported on 15 December 2021.

Between 9 December 2021 and 15 December 2021, there have been 805 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. This shows a decrease of -5.0% compared to the previous 7 days.