Owing to a delay in the submission of cases data for England to PHE, today's update is delayed.
Daily update
The official UK Government website for data and insights on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
UK Summary
See the easy read summary for the UK.
People vaccinated up to and including 3 March 2021
First dose: 20,982,571
Second dose: 963,862
Estimated R number
0.6 to 0.9 with a daily infection growth rate range of -6% to -2% as of 26 February 2021.
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 4 March 2021
-24,524 Rate per 100k resident population: 84.4
Seven-day rolling rate by date of specimen as of 27 February 2021
Deaths
Deaths within 28 days of positive test
Latest data provided on 4 March 2021
Rate per 100k resident population: 2.6
Seven-day rolling rate by date of death as of 27 February 2021
Healthcare
Patients admitted
Latest data provided on 28 February 2021
Testing
Virus tests conducted
Latest data provided on 3 March 2021
427,708 
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