Delay in today's numbers

[TheReelSlimShady]

Unless I'm being really stupid, it doesn't look like the numbers have been updated for today, it still says 24th March

www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Not seen any reasons as to why they are delayed?

A friend who’s works in pathology advised me today they are no longer testing people in ICU as they know they have it - I wondering if that’s how they are reducing the numbers

Most people who are admitted will not go straight to ITU. Is that what your friend could have meant - they tested for it on a previous ward/ visit?

It could be much higher but they’ll stagger it so that we don’t panic. Or they’ll add the real numbers on when they won’t be noticed as much

I thought this was supposed to be an informative thread.

Instead it’s full of conspiracy theories and people making stuff up about their mates telling them stuff and hoping for higher numbers.

Just awful.

Ghouls

Yep, allez les tricoteuses.

I've heard the 28 figure doesn't involve London's figure.

I can’t believe instead of seeing the numbers and feeling relief, people are guessing at errors, conspiracy theories, and predictions of doom for tomorrow, or desperately scrabbling to show other countries who has a dip and then got an increase.

There was no "desperate scrabbling" in my looking at Italy's figures. It was merely having a look to see if it was similar and where other countries went after that.

I don't want to be celebrating the halving of numbers in Daily Mail style if every other country shows a dip like that before a hammering of cases. I want to understand what's going on, not just have false relief that it's getting better

I've heard the 28 figure doesn't involve London's figure.

Really, from who?

Who is claiming that England figures, dont include numbers from the capital?

I've heard the 28 figure doesn't involve London's figure

Really? Who would that have been from then?

There was no "desperate scrabbling" in my looking at Italy's figures. It was merely having a look to see if it was similar and where other countries went after that

You call it merely having a look, I call it desperately scrabbling. A rose by any other name.

I really don't think the complete numbers are out yet. Worldometers still says 13 and that hasn't changed since this afternoon. Message still there that they haven't been released yet for the rest of UK. Think worldometers get the figures asap don't they? It's what I always go by. Would love it to be low but since the site hasn't updated and still stuck on 13 I'm very doubtful.

No one should be celebrating half the numbers for 1 day. Its one day. Everyday will not follow the exact pattern of other countries.

Theres always things that buck the trend.

But wanting it to be higher, because it follows a graph better is fucking odd.

These are people with families and people are disappointed theres not more deaths, because it does match a graph

The Mail is already reporting that the daily death rate has ‘halved’. Ridiculous.

probably because of all the great people staying in before we were told we had to

Seriously? You do realise most people have to work and many can't work from home?

Biggest jump in cases so far. Shit.

But good to see a lower death number. Poor poor people and their families💐

Please can this be over soon.

This is beyond ghoulish. Everyone rushing in to be first with the numbers. Yuk.

You call it merely having a look, I call it desperately scrabbling. A rose by any other name.

Yes, that's right. You know me and what I do far more than I do...

Numbers updated now

Ghouls

^that’s putting it politely.

PHE page says today's numbers are delayed and give possible reasons

Look, I don't want figures to be higher, but it's quite straightforward; the rest of the UK have released their figures - those are being reported on, England's figures haven't been released yet (I don't know why). When they do, they'll be updated under 'Number of cases' on the gov.uk website (www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public) and the pinned tweet for the Department of Health and Social Care will be updated. Both of these still show the latest figures and dates from yesterday. Have a look, it's all a matter of public record.

1452 new cases taking total of positive cases to 9529 according to worldodometer

I was quietly hoping we had this under control 😐 sadly not the case. We do however need to get our finger out and get these stats updated like every other country manages to daily.

Worldometers has just been updated 1452 new cases and 43 deaths

Worldometer has been updated

Great if these numbers are real and there are fewer bereaved families than feared tonight.

The problem is that the official site has still not been updated. www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public#number-of-cases

What can sometimes happen is that one member of the press reports something erroneously, and others leap on it and report it too.