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INTRODUCTION The first confirmed COVID-19 case in the UK dates to 11th January 2020, exhibiting its first peak during April 2020. The country has since been hit by second and third waves in November and December 2020 respectively, almost at the first anniversary of the pandemic. AREAS COVERED This perspective provides an in-depth analysis of the COVID-19 positive cases in the UK throughout the year, the number of hospitalisations, patients in critical care, and COVID-19 associated deaths. EXPERT OPINION The COVID-19 associated hospital admission represents only 15% of total COVID-19 positive cases in November 2020 compared to around 65% during the first wave. In April 2020, 17% of total COVID-19 positive patients in the country died from the disease, this was dropped to under 4% in November 2020. Age was the single most determinator of COVID-19 associated mortality, people with 50 years or older age accounted for 98% of total COVID deaths recorded in the country. This probes interesting questions about the current state of immunity, national lockdown, and mass immunisation measures to curb the pandemic cycle; it also emphasises the need to invest in novel antivirals to save the most vulnerable in the society and hence a refocus in efforts and resources needed to bring the life back to normality.
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10.1080/17476348.2021.1890035
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COVID-19 first anniversary review of cases, hospitalisation, and mortality in the UK.
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