Covid-19 Daily numbers, graphs, analysis thread

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I thought some of us might find it useful to have a Mumsnet thread specifically dedicated to tracking, discussing and analysing the national and global Covid-19 data.

Direct sources of data include:
The UK govt daily update
and
worldometer global data

Today's UK figures have not yet been released. Yesterday was as follows:

UK
March 14th 2020:
Cases: 1,140
Deaths: 21

This is similar to Italy's figures on the date February 28th/29th.
Their March 1st data= cases:1577 deaths:41

I'll add today's numbers when they are released.

They are shut, everything is shut.

Apart from supermarkets, obviously.

Weary I'm pissed off as well .Jenny Harries painstakingly explaining ( on Radio 4) that it might seem odd to us thickos out there that Dyson, a firm that moakes vacuum cleaners ,but they have the technology to make ventilators .

Up until they confirmed community transmission, I believe the govt were testing people who'd been in certain countries (China, Italy). Nothing to do with symptoms showing. Then for a time they seemed to virtually abandon testing (maybe while they were pursuing the 'herd immunity' idea). Now planning to test more, but not sure whom or how.

I’m fuming about the figures!!! Why would you need the consent FFS? Fair enough if you are announcing names, or any details, but this is just a figure, a stat, you have no idea who they are from that. It’s just ridiculous and means that we have no idea at all what is going on.

Of course they don’t need consent - it’s absolute rubbish. It makes me wonder what else they are lying about. How on earth can it be okay that they cannot describe their own methodology!

I don't understand why Spain allowed hairdressers to remain open during a Pandemic of an airborne virus. They were included at first because the government felt they were important for elderly people who often have difficulty with hygiene issues like washing their hair and the mobility to do so. It was pointed out immediately that this wasn't a good idea (and many hairdressers simply made the decision to shut) and with about 24 hours the details of the royal decree had been changed and they were all shut.

Not everything is got right the first time. There have been other tweaks too. Don't be surprised if the UK decides to remove exercise as an exception....

A friend from Gloucester says fhey have a 61% increase of cases locally, post Cheltenham.

Waiting on a proper source.

I’m fuming about the figures!!! Why would you need the consent FFS? Fair enough if you are announcing names, or any details, but this is just a figure, a stat, you have no idea who they are from that. It’s just ridiculous and means that we have no idea at all what is going on.

I agree. We need something to go on to keep us sane! Well I do anyway. If we have no idea how many deaths there are then who knows what is going on anymore.

Gloucester Live updates (not the 61% source but cases deffo rising):

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/health/gloucestershire-coronavirus-cases-rise-again-3984687

What's this about it being airborne? I thought it was spread through droplets?

Yes, as I understand it, it's not airbone except that if droplets from a sneeze land on you you could be infected if you then touch your face.

It is airborne -

An airborne disease is any disease that is caused by pathogens that can be transmitted through the air by both small, dry particles, and as larger liquid droplets[1]. Such diseases include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary medicine. The relevant pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, or fungi, and they may be spread through breathing, talking, coughing, sneezing, raising of dust, spraying of liquids, toilet flushing or any activities which generate aerosol particles or droplets.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_disease

@WearyandBleary I totally agree, but it won’t come out for years.

@Utterlybutterly8 This is how I feel. It’s like they have taken any form of ‘knowing what’s going on in the outside world’ away (I know that sounds dramatic but there is no other way of phrasing it). I feel like we can’t measure anything now.

Have I missed something? Are the government no longer reporting the figures to us?

It’s airborne, but ‘large droplet’

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(medicine)#Droplet_infection

The other classifications are ‘direct contact’ and ‘faecal-oral’

@LRCG they are still reprting figures but have changed the paramaters for how they report the nos of deaths .

Hopefully the change will be explained .At the moment there is some suggestion that consent has to be obtained from relatives before a death can be reported .

So instead of watching an hour of filler on the 5 o'clock news, where is best to check for the updated numbers today? I've been tracking them on BBC news until yesterdays blip. Someone said NHS England but I can't find the info on their website.

@peridito okay thanks for explaining

This is the government website, as listed in the OP:

www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ae5dda8f86814ae99dde905d2a9070ae

It’ll drive you mad refreshing it though!

I use the gov site
www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

and this one
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eTKeK9vRxgw0KhvKxPCaDrfaHnxQP-n9TsLzsEymviY/htmlview#gid=0

the nos are not updated for today and of course the powers that be don't consider it important to let us know when they might be ,or why they may be delayed .

We are all in this together but we are sheep and must be handled by the gov as they see fit .

Or they don't really care if people want as much clarity and certaintity as possible in these uncertain times .

user3274826 - click the links in the OP.

Scotland/NI/Wales are updated for today on worldometer.

Stolen from another thread:
Kate McCann - 'For those asking/concerned about PHE figures on covid-19 deaths and why the number yesterday was low/why the way it is reported has changed, here is some more information:
NHS has been providing figures to PHE on covid deaths by 9am every day and PHE then publishing stats at 2pm. That was the intention. But as deaths rise it has become difficult to collate and verify the numbers in time. That has led to figures being published after the 2pm deadline. To get on top of this, PHE and NHS have decided to change the time these numbers are reported to allow more time to check they're all correct. Importantly, the way the deaths are collated has not changed, only the time. [I am still waiting to hear what the new cut off time is, and the new publishing time]. As a result, yesterday's death stats looked much lower than expected but unfortunately that was a crossover day when the times were being altered. So today the stats are likely to look far higher. To give a more accurate picture (although I appreciate this is not ideal, stats experts) the suggestion is we add up the figures from yesterday and today and then divide by two to better understand what is happening. There is also likely to be a note published later from officials to explain this formally, so that people can rest assured there is nothing funny going on with the numbers here.'

Is that the Kate McCann? Married to Gerry?