Coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers in London

Last updated: Friday 18 December at 09:00am

On 17 December 2020 the daily number of new people tested positive for COVID-19 in London was reported as 5,762. The total number of COVID-19 cases reported up to 17 December 2020 in London is 223,342.

In the most recent week of complete data, 06 December 2020 - 12 December 2020, 29,144 people tested positive in London, a rate of 325 cases per 100,000 population. This compares with 17,182 cases and a rate of 192 for the previous week.

For England as a whole there were 207 cases per 100,000 population for the week ending 12 December 2020.

On 16 December 2020 there were 2,543 COVID-19 patients in London hospitals. This compares with 1,787 patients on 09 December 2020.

On 16 December 2020 there were 291 COVID-19 patients in mechanical ventilation beds in London hospitals. This compares with 241 patients on 09 December 2020.

On 17 December 2020 it was announced that 64 people had died in London hospitals following a positive test for COVID-19. The total number of people who have died following a positive test for COVID-19 in London hospitals up to 17 December 2020 is 7,532.

Daily COVID-19 cases in London

A graph showing Daily COVID-19 cases in London by date of specimen

Map of London showing COVID cases per 100,000 population per week. Week ending 16 October 2020

People in hospital with COVID-19

A graph showing the number of patients admitted to hospital, in hospital and in mechanical ventilation beds with COVID-19 in London and England

Daily announced COVID-19 deaths in London hospitals

NHS England announces the number of patients who have died in hospitals in England and had either tested positive for COVID-19 or where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

NHS England figures are updated at 2pm each day and include confirmed death cases reported at 4pm the previous day. Confirmation of COVID-19 diagnosis, death notification, death certificates and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure. This means that the totals reported at 4pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.

  London (positive test) London (no positive test) Total deaths
17 December 64 5 69
16 December 47 4 51
15 December 31 1 32
14 December 13 2 15
13 December 12 1 13
12 December 31 2 33
11 December 34 0 34

Source: NHS COVID-19 Daily Deaths

Weekly announced deaths in London hospitals

Graph showing weekly announced COVID-19 deaths in London hospitals over the last 10 weeks.

Daily COVID-19 deaths in London hospitals by date of occurrence

The figure below shows the number of COVID-19 deaths in London hospitals on the date the deaths occurred. This data differs from the number of deaths announced per day due to the time lag between date of death and reporting. Recent data is likely to be revised upwards.

A graph showing daily COVID-19 deaths in London hospitals by date of occurrence

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