Government data on new daily cases shows a huge peak caused by the Omicron variant ...

200,000

Average of 191,900 new

cases a day in the seven

days to 4 January 2022

150,000

100,000

Seven-day rolling average

50,000

0

Apr

2020

Jul

Oct

Jan

2021

Apr

Jul

Oct

Jan

2022

... while deaths recorded by the ONS peaked during the first and second waves

2,000

Average of 1,346

in the seven days

to 13 April 2020

Average of 1,387

in the seven days

to 22 January 2021

1,500

1,000

Seven-day

rolling average

500

0

Apr

2020

Jul

Oct

Jan

2021

Apr

Jul

Oct

Jan

2022

Government data on new daily cases shows a huge peak caused by the Omicron variant ...

... while deaths recorded by the ONS peaked during the first and second waves

200,000

2,000

Average of 191,900 new

cases a day in the seven

days to 4 January 2022

Average of 1,346

in the seven days

to 13 April 2020

Average of 1,387

in the seven days

to 22 January 2021

150,000

1,500

Seven-day

rolling average

Seven-day rolling average

100,000

1,000

50,000

500

0

0

Apr

2020

Jul

Oct

Jan

2021

Apr

Jul

Oct

Jan

2022

Apr

2020

Jul

Oct

Jan

2021

Apr

Jul

Oct

Jan

2022