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British women more likely catch deadly new Covid strain than blokes, data shows
The JN.1 strain of Coronavirus has been running riot around the world in recent months, and newly-updated Government figures make worrying reading for the UK's female population
Women in the UK are more likely to catch Coronavirus than blokes, new Government data shows.
Earlier this month, the Daily Star reported how in the seven days up to and including December 27, there had been an increase of 598 new hospitalisations from Covid recorded, which was an 18.7% rise on the seven days prior – a total of 3,800 for that week overall.
The main cause for the rise – and the overall global rise – had been put down to Pirola variant JN.1, which was later as the leading strain around the world. And now new data from the UK Government shows that women in this country are more likely to get the strain than men.
Although not updated as often as it was during the height of the pandemic, the boffins working for the Government keep the public up-to-date with the virus's impact on the country by way of an online tracker. And the latest update makes for some interesting – and potentially shocking – reading for British females. As of January 17, the infection rate for women stands at 8.26 per 100k, while it sits at just 6.85 got males.
This is a huge drop for blokes, as it stood at a whopping 13.51 per 100k on New Year's Day. However the drop for women is not as big – although still significant – as it was 16.33 per 100k on the same day. Overall, the rate of cases per 100k people in the rolling seven-day period until January 17, for both sexes combined, stands at 7.67.
This means that women in the UK are have a more than higher than average chance of contracting the JN.1 strain than males, while that falls to way below the average for males overall.
The countries death figures haven't been update since December 29, when the seven-day rolling average until that date was 19.29 per 100k – with five people sadly dying on December 29 around the country.
The figures are provided by the UK's Health Security agency, using a publicly available online dashboard.
Daily Star Sunday
The JN.1 strain of Coronavirus has been running riot around the world in recent months, and newly-updated Government figures make worrying reading for the UK's female population
Women in the UK are more likely to catch Coronavirus than blokes, new Government data shows.
Earlier this month, the Daily Star reported how in the seven days up to and including December 27, there had been an increase of 598 new hospitalisations from Covid recorded, which was an 18.7% rise on the seven days prior – a total of 3,800 for that week overall.
The main cause for the rise – and the overall global rise – had been put down to Pirola variant JN.1, which was later as the leading strain around the world. And now new data from the UK Government shows that women in this country are more likely to get the strain than men.
Although not updated as often as it was during the height of the pandemic, the boffins working for the Government keep the public up-to-date with the virus's impact on the country by way of an online tracker. And the latest update makes for some interesting – and potentially shocking – reading for British females. As of January 17, the infection rate for women stands at 8.26 per 100k, while it sits at just 6.85 got males.
This is a huge drop for blokes, as it stood at a whopping 13.51 per 100k on New Year's Day. However the drop for women is not as big – although still significant – as it was 16.33 per 100k on the same day. Overall, the rate of cases per 100k people in the rolling seven-day period until January 17, for both sexes combined, stands at 7.67.
This means that women in the UK are have a more than higher than average chance of contracting the JN.1 strain than males, while that falls to way below the average for males overall.
The countries death figures haven't been update since December 29, when the seven-day rolling average until that date was 19.29 per 100k – with five people sadly dying on December 29 around the country.
The figures are provided by the UK's Health Security agency, using a publicly available online dashboard.
Daily Star Sunday