@RafaIsTheKingOfClay
The test positivity rate seems to have been rising throughout August. I think it was something like 224 tests per confirmed case at the start and 157 per confirmed by the end.
Is there a chance that this huge rise yesterday is in part due to a catch-up with the backlog they seem to have had last week?
@RafaIsTheKingOfClay
its a good first question to ask but the figures in terms of specimen date would suggest this is not the case. Of the 2576 in England added yesterday afternoon.
As per normal zero will have a specimen date of Sunday 6th itself, as that is that after the data cut off, and similarly very few (22), again as per normal, would be from the day before (Saturday 5th - they will start to appear in the figures to be published this afternoon).
So Reporting Day -2 Friday 4th Specimen date : 1119 cases
Reporting Day -3 Thursday 3rd Specimen date : 972 cases
So those two days alone almost 2100 cases out of 2576
Reporting Day -3 Wednesday 2nd Specimen date 246 cases
Reporting Day -4 Tuesday 1st September 192 cases
Those four days therefore cover 2529 cases, add the 22 from Saturday takes us from 2551 cases, leaving just 25 cases to account for.
17 had a specimen date of Monday 31st August
1 a speciment date of Sunday 30th August
37 cases various specimen dates between 1st and 29th August - the eager eyed mathmos will no doubt have spotted that these figures take us beyond 2576;
A further 59 cases with a July specimen date, but then,
June reduced by 10, May reduced by 40, April reduced by 28 and March reduced by 11
Before anyone gets too excited about cases added in July, in terms of recent reporting dates:
Yesterday added 59
Saturday reduced by 10
Friday added 10
Thursday reduced by 74
with further yo-yoing the further back you go.