Coronavirus UK Daily Statistics

[LordOdin]

The coronavirus death toll in the UK has increased by 936 to 7,172 after the deadliest day yet.

England has recorded the most deaths (6,438), followed by Scotland (366), Wales (235) and Northern Ireland (78).

And the saddest thing is that the death count is gonna keep rising and imo no one has any idea how to stop it, everyone is clutching at straws at the moment. I heard a question on the briefing this evening asking why Germany's death rate had slowed down and the person who answered looked shocked that the reporter asking knew about the German death rate, then decided to say that he had spoke to the German health minister, might of been me but I didn't trust a word that came from his mouth after that, I might be wrong and in all honesty I hope I am.

 

[Mr Ripple]

And the saddest thing is that the death count is gonna keep rising and imo no one has any idea how to stop it, everyone is clutching at straws at the moment. I heard a question on the briefing this evening asking why Germany's death rate had slowed down and the person who answered looked shocked that the reporter asking knew about the German death rate, then decided to say that he had spoke to the German health minister, might of been me but I didn't trust a word that came from his mouth after that, I might be wrong and in all honesty I hope I am.

Thing is we're now getting the cases coming through from those that have been isolated since the lockdown.

We also seemed to go into lockdown later in the viruses uk journey than most of the other countries so we were still spreading it longer in comparison.

I'm not sure what the extent of the lockdown was/is in other countries but in the UK the only people that have actually ceased work are only a very small proportion of businesses (mostly just retail) schools and colleges but the rest of the uk businesses have continued to trade as normal.

Even after the lockdown several business including some retail and factories continued to trade bending rules trying to convince themselves that it did not apply to them.

Most contractors are still working visiting multiple business and residential premises each day so with the exception of most retail, schools, colleges, personal domestic, and personal leisure travel, the UK is still moving around as normal and no doubt the virus is moving with us.

FWIW I've finally as of today been furloughed for the next three weeks along with only around 35% of my companies field staff.
The rest are continuing as normal.

 

[Mitz]

And the saddest thing is that the death count is gonna keep rising and imo no one has any idea how to stop it, everyone is clutching at straws at the moment. I heard a question on the briefing this evening asking why Germany's death rate had slowed down and the person who answered looked shocked that the reporter asking knew about the German death rate, then decided to say that he had spoke to the German health minister, might of been me but I didn't trust a word that came from his mouth after that, I might be wrong and in all honesty I hope I am.

Germany tested 330,000 people last week. The UK tested 14,000.

 

[oldhippydude]

If folk are taking an interest in the German response, they might want to keep an eye on dw.com

Coronavirus
Germany’s coronavirus response: Separating fact from fiction
Germany’s low COVID-19 mortality rate has been marveled at by the foreign press. As with any news story constantly in flux, many things get lost in translation.

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-coronavirus-response-separating-fact-from-fiction/a-53053822

 

[oldhippydude]

Another interesting article on the German handling of the virus.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-h...ed-germany-build-virus-defences-idUKKCN21R1D1

 

[Mr Ripple]

765 more patients have died in England, 81 in Scotland and 41 Wales. The Northern Ireland figure has not yet been announced.

The combined UK total yesterday was 7,172 and that has risen by at least 887 over the last day.

 

[Mr Ripple]

The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by 953 in 24 hours.

The increase consists of 866 in England, 48 in Scotland, 29 in Wales and ten in Northern Ireland.

UK-wide figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are yet to be published, so the data are taken from each nation’s individual reporting.

But the government tally, when it is released, is unlikely to match this figure. Northern Ireland, counts deaths up to 9.30am, rather than 5pm as the DHSC does.

 

[the_atomic_fart]

http://inproportion2.talkigy.com/

The Uk figures in some perspective?

 

[Mitz]

http://inproportion2.talkigy.com/

The Uk figures in some perspective?

What it fails to take into account is the lock down. Easy to compare the current numbers to seasonal flu when the numbers are only so low because of severe intervention and a country wide lock down. Without that intervention they predicted 1/2 million deaths in 3 months. You don't get that with seasonal flu. Neither do you get dozens upon dozens of dead health care works like in Italy who have over 100 dead doctors in a mere few weeks.

 

[Crewella]

http://inproportion2.talkigy.com/

The Uk figures in some perspective?

Or at least a different perspective. I think there is no doubt that many more people than usual right now are critically ill. UK supplying recovery figures would also help.