Comprehensive Report: Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on the UK

This report provides a detailed analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on the United Kingdom, covering various aspects such as healthcare, economy, and social life. It highlights the effects of lockdowns on mental health, the disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations, and the changes in mortality rates. The report uses data visualization techniques like line charts, pie charts, and bar graphs to illustrate trends in coronavirus deaths, healthcare utilization, and unemployment levels. It further discusses the challenges faced by the healthcare system, the disruption to various industries, and the social consequences, including increased poverty and isolation. The report concludes that the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected the UK, leading to financial problems, limited access to basic amenities, and various social issues, while also noting some positive effects like reduced road accidents and decreased spread of certain infectious diseases.

Basic Statistics and ICT skills

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Impact of Covid-19 in UK in general.........................................................................................3
Impact of Covid-19 on healthcare in UK....................................................................................4
Impact of Covid-19 on Economy of UK.....................................................................................6
Impact of Covid-19 on Social life...............................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, many countries including UK were forced to close all
the borders, turning the scramble to protect lives of people. The present report will discuss the
impact of Covid-19 on the life in UK. Report will further present the data and interpretation of
Coronavirus Deaths in UK along with line charts. In addition to this, it will shed light on the
impact of Covid-19 on healthcare in UK with the help of pie chart. Lastly, it will outline the
impact on economy of UK with the help of bar chart.
MAIN BODY
Impact of Covid-19 in UK in general
The Covid-19 has affected the lives of people in UK like the health, social, economic and
behavioural changes. It has affected all the age groups from children to adolescents to old
generations. Lock down has affected the mental health as well because people were having high
levels of anxiety and depression attacks. Due to social isolation, marginalized and vulnerable
populations were affected badly (Loomba and et.al., 2021). The affected people did not even
have proper income, employment or access to food which further led affected their physical
well-being. The government intervention of providing food supply did not do much to mitigate
the shocks and there were still gaps in provision of basic amenities.
Social restrictions imposed on public confined them to stay in their homes for longer time
periods which increased the exploitation and harassment on women and girls, especially. Each
day were bringing new confirmed deaths and hospitalizations (COVID-19 in the United
Kingdom: Assessing jobs at risk and the impact on people and places, 2021). The pattern in
England, Wales and Ireland were very serious with so many deaths of older people and to those
who were having hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases.

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Coronavirus Deaths
New deaths
Date
Deaths
In UK, there were lot of deaths due to Covid-19 which is depicted in the Line chart
above. The line graph shows data variables and trends very precisely and a person can easily
evaluate the results from line chart. It shows that the deaths in initial days of March were very
high which is recorded at 225 deaths on 1st March 2021. The line graph is showing a decreasing
trend, that is, it is moving downwards from upper left to bottom right. It means that deaths due to
Covid-19 has decreased from 1st March to 31st March 2021. Line graph has shows continuous
decrease in the trend which shows that death because of Covid-19 has decreased regularly
without any increase.
Impact of Covid-19 on healthcare in UK
According to a survey, it is known that only one third of people in UK managed to go to
the hospital for proper treatment they required during the 1st wave of Coronavirus pandemic. Ot
also gave rise to lower physical activity, increase in no. of home accidents and musculoskeletal
disorders (Blake and et.al., 2020). However, it has some positive impact also i.e. there was low
transmission of diseases other than Covid-19 which helped in reducing the injuries and lesser no.
of road accidents and injuries were reported.
For diseases other than Covid-19, people were not ready to take medical help in hospitals
because they had feared they will get in touch with Covid patients and will be infected. In
addition to this, people were forced to work from home which led to musculoskeletal problems

because of using ergonomically worse furniture and technology. There was less social
connectivity which decreased the spread of Influenza and other infectious diseases. Furthermore,
there were issues of stress which affected mental health because of financial problems related to
unemployment and jobs.
Percentage distribution of total coronavirus cases:
Particulars No. Percentage
Deaths 126445 2.93
Recovered 3748042 86.78
People in hospitals 5122 0.12
People at homes 439519 10.18
Coronavirus cases 4319128
Pie chart showing the distribution
126445
3748042
5122
439519
Deaths
Recovered
People in hospitals
People at homes
The above pie chart shows that there were total no. of 4319128 cases of Covid-19 out of
which 126445 were reported dead and 3748042 recovered from Coronavirus. From the total,
5122 cases were in hospital for treatment whereas 439519 treated themselves at home with

doctors prescription. The table shows that 86.78% people were recovered from Covid-19 which
is a good sign on part of healthcare workers who did wonderful job in treating patients.
Impact of Covid-19 on Economy of UK
Covid-19 has affected the financial markets, employment, shipping industries and other
industries, etc. Many of the construction sites were operational initially but after sometimes,
were forced to stop the work because some workers breached the contract of social distancing.
On the other hand, British supermarkets ensured continuous supply of goods because people
were panic buying (Keogh-Brown and et.al., 2020). The list included huge no. of hand sanitizer
and anti-bacterial products. Online retailers said that people were placing orders in huge quantity
and larger packs.
Month Number (000's)
Jan 1364
Feb 1365
Mar 1367
Apr 1384
May 1381
Jun 1451

The bar graph shows that the unemployment level was very less in January 2021 which
increased continuously and reached its highest level by June 2021. Unemployment level
increased from 1364 in January to 1451 in June.
Impact of Covid-19 on Social life
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused devastation to millions of people in UK, making
them fall in poverty. The no. of undernourished people are estimated at 690 million currently. It
has affected the homeless people to a large extent which were unable to find a safe place for
shelter, not having access to clean running water, etc. (Aughterson and et.al., 2021). They were
hit the hardest because of limited movements, lesser employment opportunities and increased
racism. On the other hand, older people were not just struggling with physical health, but they
were also not capable of supporting themselves due to social distancing and isolation.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
1320 1340 1360 1380 1400 1420 1440 1460
Unemployment
Number (000's)
Month
Number

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that Covid-19 has affected very badly on UK
on its healthcare, economy, social life and in general as well. People were not having any
employment and were facing major financial problems, were not having access to basic
amenities of life and had to face a lot of issues. On the other hand, it can also be said that social
isolation and distancing has led to fewer road accidents and injuries and decreased spread of
influenza and other deadly diseases.

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Blake, H. and et.al., 2020. Mitigating the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare
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public health. 17(9). p.2997.
Keogh-Brown, M. R. and et.al., 2020. The impact of Covid-19, associated behaviours and
policies on the UK economy: A computable general equilibrium model. SSM-population
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Aughterson, H. and et.al., 2021. Psychosocial impact on frontline health and social care
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