A Detailed Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the UK Economy

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the United Kingdom. It examines the effects on various sectors, including the healthcare system, the economy, and social life. The report highlights the challenges faced by the NHS, the economic downturn caused by lockdowns and restrictions, and the social implications of isolation and social distancing. It also includes statistical data and graphical representations, such as line charts, pie charts, and bar charts, to illustrate the pandemic's impact. Furthermore, the report showcases basic Excel skills, including data analysis, formula implementation, and descriptive statistics, used to analyze and present relevant data related to the pandemic's effects on car sales and employment. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the wide-ranging consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK.

Basic Statistics and
ICT skills

Contents
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
Impact of COVID 19 on healthcare sector of UK............................................................................4
COVID 19 impact on UK's Economy..............................................................................................5
Impact of COVID 19 on Social life..................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................7
Task 2...................................................................................................................................................8
Basic Excel using Skill.....................................................................................................................8
Basic function and formula using skill...........................................................................................19
Descritive statistics and graph........................................................................................................20
TASK 3...............................................................................................................................................25

TASK 1
INTRODUCTION
The Global pandemic has changed the live of the individual and the economy. The government had
imposed various restrictions and regulations to control the spread of COVID 19. The economy of
various countries such as UK was falling down due to the global pandemic. The Gross domestic
product in 2020 was expected to shrink by 9%. Various Business and organisations were closed due
to the bad economic conditions and fall in revenue (Mitha 2020) The fall in output and other
income groups has led to serious implications for employment. There were various people from
different section of society who lost their job due to the pandemic. This report is based on The
various impacts of COVID 19 on UK and its economy and various other Effects on the healthcare
economy and the social life of UK's people. Including this, it will also cover the deaths caused by
the pandemic in UK.
MAIN BODY
The Global pandemic was a major issue for the World as it had laid down serious impacts on the
health and other sectors of the Economy. UK is a developed nation which is well focused on
maintaining its various sectors in a proper way. United Kingdom has been recorded the most
effected economy by the pandemic. Britain has one of the highest cases recorded all over the world.
According to various statistics and data it has been stated that the Highest level of increase in the
cases of COVID 19 were in June (Cheshmehzangi 2022) The death rate of United Kingdom was
about 2690 per million people which were considered as the highest rate of death cases in UK. The
initial stage of pandemic has effected the health sector in a negative way as the people were not
aware about the impacts of the pandemic, the spread of COVID 19 and its effects were shown
among the elder age group people from 55 to 64 years. Many people of this age group died because
of the low immunity and inability to fight with the health effects of the global pandemic. There was
a sudden decline in the death rate after the June. After the pandemic had reached at its peak, it was
also recorded that the decline in death rates were started. The pandemic has effected the life of the
people in a negative way as they were being restricted in one place and not allowed to move out due
to the increase in health impacts and other regulations which were needed to be followed in the

COVID 19.
Impact of COVID 19 on healthcare sector of UK
The Irrepressible infection and imprisonment measures have created a bad situation for healthcare
in UK. As per reports, it has been analysed that only one third of people of UK were managed to
access the medical care in the peak time during first wave of the pandemic. The researchers have
found that the hospitals were not being able to supply the proper amount of health care items to the
people as there were the shortages of various item such as, oxygen cylinders, beds and other things
which was the major issue for the health care sector to face. The first wave of COVID people were
having adequate reach to the medical facilities of the hospitals. The second wave was difficult for
the Country and it has made it more difficult for the people to reach the hospitals and other health
care centres. The NHS hospital centre was responsible to reach the patients whenever needed,
irrespective of the caste, colour, age and location (Gewin 2020). The various hospitals of UK started
to redesign themselves and postponed their services for the advanced planned and shifted it to get
their beds free for the emergencies. The health care sector was badly effected as the pandemic was
being out of control and various other variants of the virus were also spreading at a fast phase.
There were the unmet neds of the healthcare facilities of the patients due to the crisis of the items.
The medical workers and other health care consultants had tried their best to handle the situation

with the help of the government, to stop the global pandemic and its spread to the general public.
COVID 19 impact on UK's Economy
The Economy of United Kingdom was effected in a bad way due to the pandemic as the country has
recorded high number of cases. The restrictions and regulations imposed by the government had
made it difficult for the various sectors such as, tourism, Business and other sectors to perform their
day to day activities in a difficult manner. The Schools and institutions were being closed by the
government, making it had for the students to approach in an effective way towards their studies.
The fall in the Gross domestic product has made it difficult for the economy of London to generate
revenue. The Employment sector of UK was effected in a bad way as there were various individuals
and people who lost their jobs. people were struggling to manage their livelihood as The small and
medium business sector was effected. There were various Business and organisation which were
suffering losses as the international trade were banned (Ihm Zhang and et.al 2021) The Economic
growth was highly effected due to the pandemic. The Economy of London was suffering various
loses and challenges due to the restriction. The government of UK has taken various measure to
cope up with the decline in economic growth. According to the statistics, most of the people were
unemployed in the month of December.

Impact of COVID 19 on Social life
The social life of the people was effected in a drastic way as the people were not allowed to meet
and greet each other. The pandemic has laid down various impacts such as lockdown and other
restrictions on the people which had made it difficult for them to get social with other people. The
individuals were being trapped at one place and they were also facing various issues related to the
mental health and physical health as well. The social gatherings and other meet ups were avoided
and people were spending their time on video chatting. The social gatherings of the people were
restricted which has caused people to feel anxious and stressed regarding the situation.
CONCLUSION
The above Essay concluded the Effects of COVID 19 and its impacts on the various sectors of
economy. Furthermore, The Death rates and Effects on the healthcare system were described
including the line, pie and bar charts. Along with that, The Impact of COVID 19 on the Economy of
UK and social life of the people were also highlighted so as to make it more clear and
understandable.

REFERENCES
Mitha, S., 2020. UK COVID-19 diary: Policy and impacts. National Tax Journal, 73(3), pp.847-
878.
Cheshmehzangi, A., 2022. Vulnerability of the UK’s BAME communities during COVID-19: The
review of public health and socio-economic inequalities. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social
Environment, 32(2), pp.172-188.
Gewin, V., 2020. The career cost of COVID-19 to female researchers, and how science should
respond. Nature, 583(7818), pp.867-870.
Ihm, L., Zhang, H., van Vijfeijken, A. and Waugh, M.G., 2021. Impacts of the Covid‐19 pandemic
on the health of university students. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management,
36(3), pp.618-627.
Task 2
Basic Excel using Skill
For creating a new work sheet:
STEP 1: Go to the home
2: Find the insert option and select it.

3: Chose the option insert sheet.
4 Or just use a shortcut key shift+f11
For opening a workbook
Step1: Select the file tab
2: After the option is slected this page will appear
3: Cliclk on the “open” or “new” option for opening a recent or new file as required.

For naming a sheet
Step 1: In the left end corner where sheet is written place the mouse pointer over there
2: Right click on the sheet, this dialouge box will appear
3: choose the option rename and assign the name to the sheet.
Introducing cell and move cell
Step 1: select the area where cell is to be introduced. Such box information box will appear

2: Choose the option Insert, and this dialogue will open.

3: select the option according to the requiremnt
For moving cell in Ecel worksheet there are two methods, on eis trhe copy pust the other is drop nad
down method
CUT and PASTE
Step 1: Select the cell which is wished to move
2: Use cut option, the cell will get highlighted
3: Move to the cell where the cell need to be shifted right click and choose the paste option.
For widening a column
For changing the width of cell select the cell. Move to the home tab, find the formant option. Select
the column width.

Such box will apear, where sixe could be changed according to the user.
For calculating the percentage of the data
The data taken is about number of people employed the percentage is calcutaed using formula is
used in the screenshot in the formula bar.