Oxfordshire denied Tier 2

[IrkedEssex]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-54648049

This has not been widely reported. Oxfordshire has a very similar rolling average case rate to Essex according to the PHE map.

“ The goal of the new measures is saving lives by preventing people from ending up in hospital with coronavirus.

NHS England figures released today show there were 25 patients with Covid at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the John Radcliffe, as of 8am on Tuesday.

This is up from 16 at the same time last week.”

From the Oxford Mail

redolent perhaps they need to check whether patients are from oxford or Oxfordshire, because they all end up in the same hospital.
Totally illogical to only put the city in tier 2, if you're going to do that, because younger population in the city due to huge amounts of students could mean for example that most of the Covid patients are from the county rather than the city, IYSWIM.

Covid cases are rising in the city again though, I know they were going down but I check daily on Covid messenger and they are rising again.

Might not be true but I read somewhere that Essex asked to be out into tier two because of increasing cases in some of the coastal areas with a significant elderly population and not many hospital facilities. Might not be the case in Oxfordshire.

I'm in Oxfordshire, weve had school closures and lots if cases in primary schools. Still not tier 2....

@Piixxiiee that's strange I'm in oxford city, primary school of over 600 children, not a single case

www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/18828885.braintree-areas-removed-hotspots-map-halstead-remains-worst-hit-district/?fbclid=IwAR3JfiJAGRyqVgAbs7ROXSKG-BDmfXn4h1CSsdWY8wU8RGzmmJ--nPgFvJg

Questions being asked about why we are in tier 2

www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-covid-essex-town-tier-4646023?fbclid=IwAR3DhC9uekWNd11agb-GFDkZWB7DQz2YfPi9NW3uuSflY_wQpT_lp3Hy_ck&cmpredirect=

Essex Covid: The Essex town in a Tier 2 lockdown despite being in lowest 5% for infection rates
The infection rate for every Essex town has been revealed according to the latest government data.
One Essex town sits in the bottom five percent of English local authorities for infection rates - but remains under Tier Two restrcitions.

Braintree currently sits in the bottom 20 local authorities for infection rates in the whole of the country.

The data released by the government shows the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 in every local authority area in England.

The figures, which look at the seven days up to October 23, are based on tests carried out in laboratories and in the wider community.

While Blackburn with Darwen has the highest rate in England, with 1,176 new cases recorded in seven days, Braintree has only recorded 78 cases in the same period.

Braintree's infection rate has been recorded as 51.1 cases per 100,000, making it one of the towns with the lowest infection rates across England.

On the other end of the spectrum, the local authority of Thurrock has recorded the highest number of new cases in the county over the same seven days, with 287 people testing positive - the equivalent of 164.6 cases per 100,000 people.

Brentwood just tips Thurrock in terms of the highest rate of infection with 170.1 cases of coronavirus every 100,000 people.

While areas like Thurrock remain in Tier One, Braintree is under Tier Two restrictions as it sits in the Essex County Council region

The list of cases and infection rates for every Essex town are listed below.

From left to right, it reads the name of local authority, the rate of new cases in the seven days to October 23, number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 23, the rate of new cases in the seven days to October 16 and number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to October 16.

Braintree - 51.1 (78), 56.4 (86)

Brentwood - 170.1 (131), 92.2 (71)

Basildon - 148.5 (278), 106.3 (199)

Castle Point - 139.4 (126), 97.4 (88)

Chelmsford - 108.2 (193), 72.9 (130)

Colchester - 122.2 (238), 100.2 (195)

Epping Forest - 135.9 (179), 94.2 (124)

Harlow - 85.0 (74), 68.9 (60)

Maldon - 64.7 (42), 52.4 (34)

Rochford - 79.0 (69), 67.5 (59)

Southend-on-Sea - 87.9 (161), 69.9 (128)

Thurrock - 164.6 (287), 111.8 (195)

Uttlesford - 76.7 (70), 78.9 (72)

@Arcadia Check OCC school closures it lists them all- they're not being widely published.

Baffled by how these decisions are being made as other areas with plenty higher rates per 100,000 than the places being put into tier 2 who are carrying on in tier 1. Does anyone know the logic? Are they throwing darts at a map?

It's impossible to plan or predict to manage a business when the tier 2 shifts seem to be arbitrary with no actual criteria.

www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/schools/emergency-school-closures

I live in Essex in an area with 73 cases per 100,000 and which is in Tier 2. My brother lives in an area of the Midlands with 335 cases per 100,000. He is still in tier 1. This situation is ridiculous and undermines the whole tier system.

I've just checked @Piixxiiee, not on there, I'm sure it's just a matter of time but amazed they got through term 1 as lots of NHS parents (I live where the hospitals are!).
Apparently the Council pushed really hard for it, I'm annoyed about it.

It is both baffling and ridiculous.

Areas like mine which are significantly more affected than tier 2 areas but still in tier 1 are just encouraging the idiots and rule ignorers that they are right not to amend their behaviour.

I'm in Oxfordshire and really hope that the whole county doesn't move to tier 2. I can avoid the city easily enough and there are few cases near me.

There seem to be more cases in the city itself.

It also appears that judgements are being made by individual conversations with councils: some are asking to be moved up a tier and are being told no(?) and some being moved against their will, and numbers appear to be irrelevant.

Agree, this kind of apparent random muddle is frustrating, makes it impossible to plan sensibly to earn a living, and will quickly exhaust public patience.