COVID-19 pandemic in London
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The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in London, England, was confirmed on 12 February 2020 in a woman who had recently arrived from China. By March 2020, there had been almost 500 confirmed cases in the city, and 23 deaths; a month later, the number of deaths had topped 4,000.
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COVID-19 pandemic in London | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | London, England, UK |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 12 February 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 1,228,614[1][2] (up to 16 November 2021) |
Hospitalised cases | |
Ventilator cases | 184[3] (active, as of 15 November 2021) |
Recovered | no data[4] |
Deaths | |
Fatality rate | |
Government website | |
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London was initially one of the worst affected regions of England. As of 16 February 2023, there have been 3,129,342 cases,[2] and 184,255 deaths of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in London hospitals.[5] This underestimates the total deaths attributable to COVID-19; up to 1 May 2020, only 76% of deaths in London involving COVID-19 occurred in hospitals.[5] The city's poorest boroughs – Newham, Brent and Hackney – have been the hardest hit areas in terms of deaths per 100,000 population. Harrow and Brent had excess death rates over three times the national average.