For GCSEs if you re-sit then you can carry forward the mark you've already got on the NEA and re-sit just the exams but you CAN'T do the opposite - you have to re-submit the NEA and re-sit the exams.
This year your NEA is not being marked as a separate item, it's just that the work you did before schools closed is being used as part of the evidence to decide your grade so you couldn't just work more on that to improve your grade.