UK Government action to tackle the coronavirus pandemic:
We are protecting the NHS so it is there for people when they need it…
• From just 2,000 tests per day in March we now have the capacity to conduct over 318,000 tests per day – with 318,113 tests available on 5 July.
• Daily deaths down from a peak of 945 on 14 April to 63.9 on 24 July 2020 (seven-day rolling average).
• Ventilators up from 9,000 in March 2020 to over 30,000.
• Number of ventilator beds occupied down from a peak of 3,301 on 12 April 2020 to 104 on 24 July 2020.
• Over 2.4 billion items of PPE delivered since the start of the outbreak to 58,000 health and care settings.
• 7 Nightingale hospitals created.
• Hospital admissions down from 3,432 on 1 April 2020 to 163 on 15 July.
• Over 2 million testing kits delivered to almost 9,000 care homes.
• 99 per cent of GPs able to offer video consultations – up from 3 per cent before the crisis.
• Backing two of the world’s leading coronavirus vaccine programmes – right here in the UK.
• First country to discover a proven therapy with dexamethasone.
We are taking unprecedented action to support jobs and livelihoods across the UK with over £160 billion of support…
• Jobs retention scheme has been used by over 1.2 million employers to protect 9.5 million people’s jobs at a value of £29.8 billion.
• Self-employed income support scheme has been used by over 2.7 million to the value of £7.8 billion.
• Our safety net is working – we’re putting an extra £9 billion into the welfare system, ensuring an extra 2.4 million people getting the help they need through Universal Credit (since 12 March),
• 55,674 loans have now gone out through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme for SMEs providing over £12.2 billion worth of finance.
• 428 loans have been approved for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme for large firms providing £2.89 billion worth of financing.
• Over 1,080,000 Bounce Back Loans have been approved worth £32.79 billion.
• Over 876,440 firms have benefitted from £10.8 billion of business grants through the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund.
• Almost £10 billion of business rates relief has been provided for firms affected by Covid-19 – taken with existing measures around 1.1 million properties will pay no business rates in 2020-21.
• Over 496,000 VAT payments deferred by businesses to the value of £27.5 billion.
• £32.9 billion of additional funding at the Summer Economic Update to support schemes like the Job Retention Bonus and Eat Out to Help Out schemes.
• And we’re supporting local authorities with £4.6 million emergency funding, £300 million to support Test and Trace, and billions of pounds in easements to help cashflow.
We are supporting those who need it most…
• We made sure over 1.6 million children were still able to attend educational settings – including over 500,000 children of critical workers.
• £164 million worth of free school meal vouchers have been redeemed.
• Over 3.7 million food boxes have been distributed to those who are shielded.
• 15,000 people have been housed in emergency accommodation.
• Almost 590,000 NHS Volunteer Responders have had their ID verified and can now receive tasks.
• Over 500,000 tasks have been completed by NHS volunteers and over 87,000 people have been supported.
• Helped to repatriate 38,000 people by charter and 1.3 million via commercial routes.
• Contributed £1.65 billion to GAVI, the vaccine alliance.
• Contributed £769 million the international effort to fight coronavirus.
