Daily numbers, graphs, analysis thread 15

[BigChocFrenzy]

Welcome to thread 15 of the daily updates

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ONS England infection surveillance report
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ECDC rolling 14-day incidence EEA & UK
Daily ECDC country detail UK
Worldometer UK page
Plot FT graphs compare countries deaths, cases, raw / million pop
Covidly.com world summary & graphs
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We welcome factual, data driven, and civil discussions from all contributors 📈 📉 📊 👍

@SellFridges no, you are right Brum is such a large place that the media headlines along the lines of "city faces lockdown" are frankly ludicrous. I was being a bit lazy in that initial table as I usually put in the LA pop and calculate an either daily or weekly equiv cases per 100,000. In a rush to get to the wine; a poor excuse I know but best to be honest about it,

@SellFridges you may also find this map useful www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=47574f7a6e454dc6a42c5f6912ed7076 it is at Middle Layer Super Output area level (so average area pop about 7500 ish) so less specific than the LSOA map. But you can zoom into it. The other thing to be aware of is that cases less than 3 are suppressed.

Thank you @boys3 - I do look at the local level maps most days and am an avid reader of this thread.

I do wonder how they will handle any lockdown here.

@Prokupatuscrakedatus

I have reported about my experience in another thread, but want to add that at DS school masks in classes are strongly recommended by teachers and parents.

What do you sane people think of the "concert experiment"?

... Thanks, Prokup I didn't spot that thread down in the list

What's the "concert experiment", please ?
it sounds like something I should know

@BigChocFrenzy
Lifted this link from another thread on here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-53873181?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5f4130d8ce818c066351861a%26Top%20German%20singer%20headlines%20Covid%20concerts%262020-08-22T15%3A10%3A40.791Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:9339b5e5-6ef2-41ff-a9c9-c6a6380c7ca6&pinned_post_asset_id=5f4130d8ce818c066351861a&pinned_post_type=share

Very interesting experiment by Halle Uni, Prokup
It should bring very useful data

www.bbc.com/news/world-53877292

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks, in line with recommended practice for adults in their country or area

It admits little is known about how children transmit the virus
but cites evidence that teenagers can infect others in the same way as adults.

Children aged five and under should not normally wear masks, the WHO said.

MRex. Thank you. I was having an entirely brain dead moment and doubted what I had said to her. Is ok though, I was as correct as needed.

R for N Ireland estimated at 1.3 (1.0 -1.6)

www.health-ni.gov.uk/news/current-r-number-estimate-20-august

I imagine the English government will contemplate following WHO guidance in about 3 months time

21 in Primary & 14 in Secondary? Puts our 30-33 to shame!

Forgive the long post, but I just found these figures, really interesting, my town has gone from 2 last week to 8 cases this week but all are shown below if you are interested.

The figures below have been calculated by the PA news agency and are based on Public Health England data published on August 20.

Here is the full list for all English local authorities.

From left to right, it includes the rate of new cases in the seven days to August 17, the number of new cases that week in brackets, the rate in the week up to August 10 and the number of new cases that week in brackets.

Oldham 78.9 (187), 111.8 (265)
Northampton 78.4 (176), 74.4 (167)
Blackburn with Darwen 67.5 (101), 81.5 (122)
Pendle 64.1 (59), 94.5 (87)
Leicester 52.5 (186), 70.3 (249)
Bradford 50.4 (272), 58.5 (316)
Manchester 49.0 (271), 38.5 (213)
Rochdale 44.5 (99), 45.0 (100)
Swindon 40.1 (89), 45.5 (101)
Calderdale 35.5 (75), 38.3 (81)
Salford 33.6 (87), 30.5 (79)
Bury 33.0 (63), 22.0 (42)
Kirklees 32.7 (144), 34.6 (152)
Preston 30.7 (44), 45.4 (65)
Craven 29.8 (17), 5.3 (3)
Birmingham 29.1 (332), 25.6 (292)
Stoke-on-Trent 26.1 (67), 15.6 (40)
Tameside 25.6 (58), 35.8 (81)
Oadby and Wigston 24.6 (14), 14.0 (8)
Wellingborough 23.8 (19), 28.9 (23)
Newark and Sherwood 23.7 (29), 25.3 (31)
Melton 23.4 (12), 17.6 (9)
Sandwell 22.5 (74), 26.2 (86)
Bolton 22.3 (64), 26.8 (77)
East Staffordshire 21.7 (26), 6.7 (8)
Trafford 20.6 (49), 25.7 (61)
Coventry 20.5 (76), 16.4 (61)
Wakefield 20.1 (70), 18.7 (65)
Watford 19.7 (19), 17.6 (17)
Corby 19.4 (14), 23.5 (17)
Richmond upon Thames 18.7 (37), 6.6 (13)
Hyndburn 18.5 (15), 39.5 (32)
Burnley 18.0 (16), 40.5 (36)
Barnsley 17.8 (44), 17.4 (43)
Oxford 17.7 (27), 15.7 (24)
Wolverhampton 17.5 (46), 14.0 (37)
Hounslow 17.3 (47), 12.5 (34)
Leeds 17.3 (137), 14.5 (115)
Woking 16.9 (17), 10.9 (11)
Hammersmith and Fulham 16.7 (31), 13.0 (24)
Stockport 16.4 (48), 29.7 (87)
Barking and Dagenham 16.0 (34), 8.5 (18)
Newcastle upon Tyne 15.9 (48), 6.3 (19)
Walsall 15.4 (44), 8.1 (23)
Sheffield 15.4 (90), 20.3 (119)
Allerdale 15.3 (15), 8.2 (8)
Telford and Wrekin 15.0 (27), 5.6 (10)
Middlesbrough 14.9 (21), 26.2 (37)
Rotherham 14.7 (39), 14.7 (39)
Carlisle 13.8 (15), 23.9 (26)
Blaby 13.8 (14), 6.9 (7)
Kettering 13.8 (14), 11.8 (12)
Waltham Forest 13.4 (37), 8.3 (23)
Elmbridge 13.2 (18), 5.8 (8)
Hillingdon 13.0 (40), 11.1 (34)
Kingston upon Thames 13.0 (23), 9.0 (16)
Ealing 12.9 (44), 10.2 (35)
Liverpool 12.9 (64), 13.3 (66)
Hackney and City of London 12.7 (37), 12.4 (36)
South Ribble 12.6 (14), 8.1 (9)
Lincoln 12.1 (12), 16.1 (16)
Sefton 11.9 (33), 7.2 (20)
Luton 11.7 (25), 28.6 (61)
Ashfield 11.7 (15), 3.1 (4)
Nuneaton and Bedworth 11.5 (15), 8.5 (11)
Slough 11.4 (17), 26.1 (39)
Barnet 11.4 (45), 8.8 (35)
Newham 11.3 (40), 9.6 (34)
Windsor and Maidenhead 11.2 (17), 4.6 (7)
St. Helens 11.1 (20), 14.4 (26)
Spelthorne 11.0 (11), 4.0 (4)
Rugby 11.0 (12), 8.3 (9)
Kensington and Chelsea 10.9 (17), 9.6 (15)
Peterborough 10.9 (22), 18.8 (38)
Blackpool 10.8 (15), 8.6 (12)
Guildford 10.7 (16), 6.0 (9)
Southwark 10.7 (34), 7.8 (25)
Merton 10.7 (22), 4.4 (9)
East Northamptonshire 10.6 (10), 5.3 (5)
Cheshire East 10.4 (40), 5.5 (21)
Chorley 10.2 (12), 9.3 (11)
Rutland 10.0 (4), 7.5 (3)
Wandsworth 10.0 (33), 8.8 (29)
South Bucks 10.0 (7), 7.1 (5)
Fylde 9.9 (8), 6.2 (5)
Uttlesford 9.9 (9), 1.1 (1)
Wyre 9.8 (11), 8.0 (9)
Rossendale 9.8 (7), 11.2 (8)
Bristol 9.7 (45), 4.5 (21)
Brent 9.7 (32), 7.9 (26)
Haringey 9.7 (26), 5.6 (15)
Nottingham 9.6 (32), 5.4 (18)
Vale of White Horse 9.6 (13), 7.4 (10)
Harrow 9.6 (24), 8.0 (20)
Eden 9.4 (5), 16.9 (9)
Bedford 9.2 (16), 8.1 (14)
Lambeth 9.2 (30), 5.8 (19)
Charnwood 9.1 (17), 12.4 (23)
Staffordshire Moorlands 9.1 (9), 1.0 (1)
Epping Forest 9.1 (12), 6.8 (9)
Camden 8.9 (24), 7.4 (20)
Dartford 8.9 (10), 4.4 (5)
Wigan 8.8 (29), 10.0 (33)
Solihull 8.8 (19), 8.8 (19)
St Albans 8.8 (13), 4.7 (7)
Tower Hamlets 8.6 (28), 4.0 (13)
Bassetlaw 8.5 (10), 22.1 (26)
County Durham 8.5 (45), 2.6 (14)
South Kesteven 8.4 (12), 5.6 (8)
Gateshead 8.4 (17), 4.0 (8)
Chiltern 8.3 (8), 6.3 (6)
Broxbourne 8.2 (8), 2.1 (2)
Ribble Valley 8.2 (5), 6.6 (4)
Central Bedfordshire 8.0 (23), 4.9 (14)
Knowsley 8.0 (12), 13.3 (20)
Broxtowe 7.9 (9), 3.5 (4)
Huntingdonshire 7.9 (14), 6.7 (12)
Runnymede 7.8 (7), 3.4 (3)
Bromley 7.8 (26), 6.0 (20)
Lewes 7.7 (8), 3.9 (4)
South Oxfordshire 7.7 (11), 2.1 (3)
Cheltenham 7.7 (9), 1.7 (2)
Newcastle-under-Lyme 7.7 (10), 6.2 (8)
North Tyneside 7.7 (16), 4.8 (10)
North Warwickshire 7.7 (5), 3.1 (2)
Hertsmere 7.6 (8), 10.5 (11)
Gravesham 7.5 (8), 8.4 (9)
Harrogate 7.5 (12), 5.0 (8)
Welwyn Hatfield 7.3 (9), 4.9 (6)
Hull 7.3 (19), 1.5 (4)
Westminster 7.3 (19), 13.0 (34)
Redbridge 7.2 (22), 13.4 (41)
Waverley 7.1 (9), 0.8 (1)
Crawley 7.1 (8), 1.8 (2)
Hinckley and Bosworth 7.1 (8), 7.1 (8)
Amber Valley 7.0 (9), 2.3 (3)
Bromsgrove 7.0 (7), 10.0 (10)
West Lancashire 7.0 (8), 8.7 (10)
West Berkshire 6.9 (11), 1.3 (2)
Havering 6.9 (18), 5.4 (14)
Wyre Forest 6.9 (7), 0.0 (0)
North East Derbyshire 6.9 (7), 11.8 (12)
Fareham 6.9 (8), 1.7 (2)
Wycombe 6.9 (12), 5.7 (10)
Sunderland 6.8 (19), 6.8 (19)
Stevenage 6.8 (6), 3.4 (3)
Northumberland 6.8 (22), 1.6 (5)
Mid Suffolk 6.7 (7), 3.9 (4)
Surrey Heath 6.7 (6), 10.1 (9)
Milton Keynes 6.7 (18), 9.6 (26)
Selby 6.6 (6), 3.3 (3)
Enfield 6.6 (22), 5.7 (19)
Redcar and Cleveland 6.6 (9), 0.0 (0)
Aylesbury Vale 6.5 (13), 4.0 (8)
Brentwood 6.5 (5), 5.2 (4)
High Peak 6.5 (6), 9.7 (9)
Cambridge 6.4 (8), 12.0 (15)
Hartlepool 6.4 (6), 3.2 (3)
Harborough 6.4 (6), 6.4 (6)
Test Valley 6.3 (8), 0.8 (1)
West Oxfordshire 6.3 (7), 8.1 (9)
North East Lincolnshire 6.3 (10), 1.9 (3)
Epsom and Ewell 6.2 (5), 1.2 (1)
Shropshire 6.2 (20), 3.1 (10)
Halton 6.2 (8), 9.3 (12)
North Hertfordshire 6.0 (8), 3.7 (5)
Eastleigh 6.0 (8), 1.5 (2)
Barrow-in-Furness 6.0 (4), 1.5 (1)
Dudley 5.9 (19), 6.2 (20)
Lewisham 5.9 (18), 6.2 (19)
Rushcliffe 5.9 (7), 1.7 (2)
Derby 5.8 (15), 12.4 (32)
Cheshire West and Chester 5.8 (20), 5.8 (20)
Daventry 5.8 (5), 2.3 (2)
Croydon 5.7 (22), 4.1 (16)
Richmondshire 5.6 (3), 11.2 (6)
Ryedale 5.4 (3), 7.2 (4)
Reigate and Banstead 5.4 (8), 8.1 (12)
Three Rivers 5.4 (5), 3.2 (3)
Sutton 5.3 (11), 2.9 (6)
Bath and North East Somerset 5.2 (10), 1.0 (2)
Stafford 5.1 (7), 4.4 (6)
Gedling 5.1 (6), 2.5 (3)
Dover 5.1 (6), 14.4 (17)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 5.1 (20), 2.8 (11)
Wiltshire 5.0 (25), 3.6 (18)
Sevenoaks 5.0 (6), 3.3 (4)
Bolsover 5.0 (4), 1.2 (1)
Reading 4.9 (8), 6.8 (11)
Wirral 4.9 (16), 4.3 (14)
East Hampshire 4.9 (6), 3.3 (4)
Bracknell Forest 4.9 (6), 1.6 (2)
Warwick 4.9 (7), 4.9 (7)
East Devon 4.8 (7), 2.1 (3)
Chesterfield 4.8 (5), 9.5 (10)
Warrington 4.8 (10), 16.7 (35)
South Lakeland 4.8 (5), 8.6 (9)
Redditch 4.7 (4), 3.5 (3)
Herefordshire 4.7 (9), 2.6 (5)
Cherwell 4.7 (7), 7.3 (11)
Mansfield 4.6 (5), 2.7 (3)
Islington 4.5 (11), 5.8 (14)
Dacorum 4.5 (7), 5.8 (9)
Greenwich 4.5 (13), 4.5 (13)
Brighton and Hove 4.5 (13), 3.4 (10)
East Cambridgeshire 4.5 (4), 4.5 (4)
Folkestone and Hythe 4.4 (5), 10.6 (12)
Erewash 4.3 (5), 6.1 (7)
North Kesteven 4.3 (5), 1.7 (2)
Rushmoor 4.2 (4), 5.3 (5)
Tewkesbury 4.2 (4), 8.4 (8)
West Lindsey 4.2 (4), 4.2 (4)
Horsham 4.2 (6), 2.1 (3)
Colchester 4.1 (8), 1.0 (2)
Bexley 4.0 (10), 4.8 (12)
Thurrock 4.0 (7), 5.2 (9)
Havant 4.0 (5), 1.6 (2)
Southampton 4.0 (10), 5.5 (14)
Fenland 3.9 (4), 4.9 (5)
Chelmsford 3.9 (7), 2.8 (5)
Tamworth 3.9 (3), 7.8 (6)
Gloucester 3.9 (5), 11.6 (15)
Stratford-on-Avon 3.8 (5), 3.1 (4)
Broadland 3.8 (5), 6.1 (8)
Southend-on-Sea 3.8 (7), 3.3 (6)
Malvern Hills 3.8 (3), 1.3 (1)
York 3.8 (8), 5.2 (11)
Arun 3.7 (6), 1.9 (3)
Wealden 3.7 (6), 2.5 (4)
Ipswich 3.7 (5), 2.9 (4)
Breckland 3.6 (5), 3.6 (5)
Norwich 3.6 (5), 3.6 (5)
Stockton-on-Tees 3.5 (7), 3.0 (6)
Thanet 3.5 (5), 3.5 (5)
Wokingham 3.5 (6), 1.8 (3)
Maidstone 3.5 (6), 1.7 (3)
North Lincolnshire 3.5 (6), 1.2 (2)
Mendip 3.5 (4), 5.2 (6)
Harlow 3.4 (3), 1.1 (1)
Tendring 3.4 (5), 3.4 (5)
West Suffolk 3.4 (6), 6.1 (11)
East Hertfordshire 3.3 (5), 5.3 (8)
Stroud 3.3 (4), 2.5 (3)
New Forest 3.3 (6), 1.7 (3)
Castle Point 3.3 (3), 5.5 (5)
Mid Sussex 3.3 (5), 2.6 (4)
Hambleton 3.3 (3), 7.6 (7)
Portsmouth 3.3 (7), 2.8 (6)
Hastings 3.2 (3), 0.0 (0)
South Holland 3.2 (3), 1.1 (1)
Adur 3.1 (2), 3.1 (2)
Hart 3.1 (3), 5.2 (5)
Wychavon 3.1 (4), 7.7 (10)
Ashford 3.1 (4), 5.4 (7)
Plymouth 3.1 (8), 1.9 (5)
Tonbridge and Malling 3.0 (4), 6.1 (8)
Cannock Chase 3.0 (3), 3.0 (3)
Copeland 2.9 (2), 13.2 (9)
East Riding of Yorkshire 2.9 (10), 2.3 (8)
Dorset 2.9 (11), 2.1 (8)
Eastbourne 2.9 (3), 2.9 (3)
North Norfolk 2.9 (3), 1.0 (1)
South Norfolk 2.8 (4), 1.4 (2)
South Derbyshire 2.8 (3), 8.4 (9)
Scarborough 2.8 (3), 1.8 (2)
Worthing 2.7 (3), 1.8 (2)
Basildon 2.7 (5), 1.1 (2)
South Tyneside 2.6 (4), 4.6 (7)
Doncaster 2.6 (8), 5.8 (18)
Tunbridge Wells 2.5 (3), 5.1 (6)
South Cambridgeshire 2.5 (4), 1.9 (3)
South Gloucestershire 2.5 (7), 3.9 (11)
Sedgemoor 2.4 (3), 2.4 (3)
Mid Devon 2.4 (2), 1.2 (1)
Canterbury 2.4 (4), 1.8 (3)
Winchester 2.4 (3), 0.8 (1)
North Somerset 2.3 (5), 3.3 (7)
Forest of Dean 2.3 (2), 1.2 (1)
Mole Valley 2.3 (2), 2.3 (2)
South Northamptonshire 2.1 (2), 4.2 (4)
Rother 2.1 (2), 4.2 (4)
North Devon 2.1 (2), 0.0 (0)
Worcester 2.0 (2), 7.9 (8)
Somerset West and Taunton 1.9 (3), 3.2 (5)
North West Leicestershire 1.9 (2), 3.9 (4)
Darlington 1.9 (2), 1.9 (2)
South Staffordshire 1.8 (2), 4.4 (5)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1.7 (10), 3.0 (17)
East Suffolk 1.6 (4), 1.6 (4)
Maldon 1.5 (1), 1.5 (1)
Exeter 1.5 (2), 3.0 (4)
Torbay 1.5 (2), 1.5 (2)
East Lindsey 1.4 (2), 2.8 (4)
Isle of Wight 1.4 (2), 2.1 (3)
Derbyshire Dales 1.4 (1), 0.0 (0)
Swale 1.3 (2), 0.7 (1)
Braintree 1.3 (2), 3.9 (6)
South Somerset 1.2 (2), 0.6 (1)
Rochford 1.1 (1), 0.0 (0)
Tandridge 1.1 (1), 3.4 (3)
Basingstoke and Deane 1.1 (2), 1.1 (2)
Cotswold 1.1 (1), 3.3 (3)
Babergh 1.1 (1), 6.5 (6)
Medway 1.1 (3), 1.4 (4)
Great Yarmouth 1.0 (1), 9.1 (9)
Lichfield 1.0 (1), 5.7 (6)
Chichester 0.8 (1), 0.0 (0)
Lancaster 0.7 (1), 4.8 (7)
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 0.7 (1), 0.7 (1)
Boston 0.0 (0), 7.1 (5)
West Devon 0.0 (0), 3.6 (2)
South Hams 0.0 (0), 3.4 (3)
Gosport 0.0 (0), 2.4 (2)
Teignbridge 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)
Torridge 0.0 (0), 0.0 (0)

QNI survey of care homes during COVID crisis

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-care-homes-covid-nursing-covid-uk-a9681576.html

Nursing homes were put under “constant” pressure to accept patients with coronavirus
while being regularly refused treatment from hospitals and GPs for residents who became ill at the height of the Covid crisis.....

The Queen’s Nursing Institute said homes were told hospitals had blanket “no admissions” policies during April and May
while GPs and local managers imposed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents.

The findings have emerged in a survey by the QNI, the world’s oldest nursing charity,
which surveyed 163 care home nurses and managers working across the country.
....
It found that 70 nursing homes, 43 per cent, received patients discharged from hospitals whose Covid-19 status was unknown during March and April.
A fifth of care homes said they received a patient from hospital who was positive for coronavirus.

That report shows just how horrendous the situation in UK Care Homes has been and demonstrates clearly why the UK has so many excess deaths. I hope that the people who made these decisions will be held accountable but I am not holding my breath.

Hopefully these tragic lessons have been learned, so there will not be a repeat this winter

Re care homes, I keep remembering murraythemonk's heartbreaking posts in March on the Worried about Coronavirus threads - care home manager. I worry that I haven't seen her on MN for months and hope she is OK.

It wasn't until mid April - so post the peak although that probably wasn't known at the time to be the peak - to put a policy in place to test patients before releasing them to care homes. Scandalous.

www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/05/19/how-the-pandemic-has-been-handled-in-care-homes/

I also draw your attention to 'April 28 –
The Health Secretary also says it is “unreasonable” to be asked to apologise to bereaved families of coronavirus victims over the Government’s handling of the pandemic’s impact in care homes.'

1041 cases today. Appear to be holding steady.

Can i just clarify, this 28 day cut-off only applies to deaths outside of hospital.

If someone is in hospital with covid and dies from it in hospital then it is counted, even if they have been in for longer that the 28 days (e.g. if they have been in icu for all this time)

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@Frazzled2207

1041 cases today. Appear to be holding steady.

and perhaps somne cautious optimism as a number of the high cases per 100,000 areas whilst still high in relative terms may be starting to move in the right direction.

This looks at the 7 days to 20th August as compared with the seven days prior to that. Sorted by cases per 100,000 in descending order based on those last seven days. Caveat that there are likely further cases to add to the last seven days so only those with a more significant movement (down or up) highlighted.

Oldham, Pendle, Blackburn, Leciester, Bradford all looking to be moving in the right direction as is Northampton.

Similarly a number of other Greater Manchester and Lancs areas - Burnley, Preston, Trafford, Stockport, Bolton all looking more positive.

A number of areas however going in the opposite direction

Stoke - doubled as compared to the previous week, at 30.8 per 100,000

Redditch 3 to 25 cases, so almost 30 per 100,000 in the last 7 days

Oxford 25 to 37 cases; now just under 25 per 100,000

The following all below 20 cases per 100,000

Hackney - heading up again 34 to 54 cases, 18.6 per 100,000

South Bucks - smaller LA but 5 to 13, same rate per 100,000 as Hackney

Blaby 8 but back up to 17; 16.7 per 100,000

Windsor & Maidenhead 6 cases to 25 cases 16.5 per 100,000

Southwark up from 27 to 50; 15.7 per 100,000

Dacorum (Herts) 8 to 22 cases; 14.2 per 100,000

Ealing 33 to 48; 14.0 cases per 100,000

Bath & NE Somerset (for a long time an area with a v.low rate of cases) 5 to 26 cases ; 13.45 per 100,000

Waverley (Surrey) 3 to 16 cases; 12.6 cases per 100,000

1,041 cases, the 4th consecutive day > 1,000

Let's see if national cases remain steady in the coming week,
which is the last full week before schools return in England, Wales & NI from the following Tuesday 1 Sept

USA

NYT: Excess US deaths since March have exceeded 200,000

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/12/us/covid-deaths-us.html

Patients IN hospital numbers still ticking down nicely. England under 500 for first time

Scotland proportionally has a lot of people which I found surprising

@PrayingandHoping - there was a different thread anout Scottish hospital figures, where someone said in their English trust the covid patients are only counted for the first 2 weeks, someone else said in Scotland anyone who's ever had covid stays on the stats even if they recovered but are in hospital for something else. Neither sounds like an accurate approach to me, but I can't verify if either, both, or neither explanation is true.