How bad is it in your area

[Kimpeach22]

Just wondering how bad the virus is where you live.

I am in the PR7 preston area and I know of 13 deaths in the hospital near me.

[Fearofawelshplanet]

middleager.... sorry to hear that and thinking of you in hampshire too...all I can hear today is ambulances...

[caringcarer]

@ToweRingInferno I live in Midlands on border of 3 counties so must live near to you. I know the death rate is high but did not realise it was that bad.

My sister lives in Devon and they have very low death rate. They don't even have many people who have got it compared to rest of country.

[middleager]

Thanks fear
That sounds scary, so thoughts with you too.

[Fearofawelshplanet]

11 yesterday? Seems at odds with the rest of the country and what with 60 the day before....sometimes the numbers make no sense given what I see around me.

[TravellingSpoon]

Not sure on deaths but our county numbers is 650+ confirmed cases.

One of our local hospitals was on GMB the other day after their ITU staff gave a guard of honour to a guy leaving the unit which was lovely to see.

[EmMac7]

Kent here — apparently we’re now the worst infected county. Neighbours two doors down have it.

[B1rdbra1n]

I have no idea but there are rumours about elderly people abandoned and undiscovered in elder care facilities

[Fearofawelshplanet]

Wow Em and B1, that doesnt sound good at all ....28 today...

[Fearofawelshplanet]

41 today, thats high for the weekend and worrying...

[WTFdidwedo]

I'm Gwent as well and only know one case personally, who recovered with no issues. My husband knows one who's died, one who recovered after being on a ventilator and one who's in ICU at the moment. The three he knows have been between 60 and 85 though with poor healthy. Unfortunately health in the Welsh valleys is notoriously poor, and poverty levels are high. Aneurin Bevan did more testing early on than other health boards though so it's difficult to tell whether there are actually more cases/deaths.

[HoldMyLobster]

My US state has a population of 1.3 million, and we’ve had 32 deaths.

Less than 1000 cases but like the UK testing had been limited so those figures can’t be treated as accurate.

Hospitalization rate is now falling - we were predicted to peak around April 16th and the data does seem to be bearing that out.

Very thankful to be here.

[hopefulhalf]

Kent worst affected county ?

[middleager]

Yeh, Kent and Birmingham seem neck a neck hopeful scary stuff.

[hopefulhalf]

In terms of what ? Case per 100,000 ? Deaths ?

[Fearofawelshplanet]

Thanks for the info WTF, Feel For Kent and Birmingham..
80s mum, hope your friends in hospital recover

[middleager]

The Midlands had more deaths than any other part of England in latest figures released by NHS England today.

[Fearofawelshplanet]

We have had health workers die here, I have heard of people I know contracting it but without the early testing god only knows...

[hopefulhalf]

Kent is 140 cases per 100,000 Croyden is 260 how is Kent the worst ?

[gogglegoggle]

Work in a major Kent hospital which is very very quiet with a barely more ITU patients than normal and the wider hospital only 1/3 full... surprised to hear we are the worst affected!

[middleager]

I think the Kent data must be from here: coronavirus.data.gov.uk/region

It does indeed place Kent highest in terms of number of cases, with Birmingham a close second.

However, it does not rank per 100,000 or include death rates.

[middleager]

Brent has the highest number of cases per 100,000 at a whopping 357.3 according to this which looks at each region:

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-tracker-how-many-cases-are-in-your-area-updated-daily-11956258

Croydon - 303.6
Kent - 147.1

[Grandmi]

I live in Kent. I know three people who have been diagnosed with a swab and all recovering well . A friend works on local ITU and there is thirty ventilator beds and the general average is 15 patients...so just be positive people 💕Main problem is PPE for the nurses.!

[YinMnBlue]

My borough has 1,016 confirmed cases in a population of 325,917.

I know many many families where at least one member has had it without being hospitalised, so they won’t be in the stats, two people at work (11 people) have had relatives die.

[cheekybekky]

@Grandmi and all the other health care workers.

[missnevermind]

I'm in Birmingham 5 mins from Heartlands Hospital. Me and the children Havnt left the house for 5 weeks.