Covid symptoms continue to evolve, sore throat now most common.

US, proportions of circulating variants

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#variant-

BA.5 81.9% (78.7%)

BA.4 12.9% (17.2%)

BA2. 12.1 5% (3.4%)

BA.2 0.3%

BA.1 0%

BA. 2.75 (24 UK cases)

UK, Technical briefing data

https://assets.publishing.serv....ice.gov.uk/governmen

Zoe data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05_idwi66jM

R = 0.9

About one in 17 currently infected

Declining in all areas of UK

Most infections are new

BA.5 is infecting recent BA.2 infections

Symptoms

UK, increase in urinary frequency

List of covid symptoms

Sore throat, 59%

Headache, 49%

Cough, no phlegm 43%

Blocked nose, 42%

Runny nose, 40%

Cough with phlegm, 39%

Hoarse, 39%

Sneezing, 32%

Fatigue, 30%

Muscle pains 24%

Dizzy, 19%

Swollen neck glands, 15%

Altered smell, 15%

Sore eyes, 14%

Chest pain / tightness, 13%

Fever, 13%

Loss of smell, 12%

Shortness of breath, 11%

Earache, 11%

Chills or shivers, 10%

Health study data

Symptomatic cases, 176,147

Current symptomatic prevalence, 3, 480, 836

https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data

UK, latest data

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

UK, ONS

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep....opulationandcommunit

Decrease from 20th July

4.83% in England (1 in 20 people)

5.14% in Wales (1 in 19 people)

6.18% in Northern Ireland (1 in 16 people)

5.17% in Scotland (1 in 19 people)








Antibody levels

The presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 suggests that a person has previously been infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated.

179ng/ml level

800ng/ml theshold

US data

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#trends_d

US hospital data

Current 7 day average, 6,186 admissions

Down 2.7% on the week