53,000 cases today

[TingTastic]

Shit

Bloody hell

Fucking hell. This will surely only increase over next seven days after all the Christmas mixing?

Bloody hell!!

Time to open the schools! What the actual fuck is happening.

Probably @NowellSingWe

Wow, big increase

They can't keep schools open, primary or secondary surely? Thats madness

@NowellSingWe

Fucking hell. This will surely only increase over next seven days after all the Christmas mixing?

Yep. I also suspect the rise in cases is partly because a lot of people put off testing so they could mix at Christmas.

Tests are inaccurate.

Is there maybe a delay because Christmas so these are a build up from before Christmas?

It's scary

Where are the covid deniers now?

There is a Christmas backlog.

@MrsHedgeLegs

Tests are inaccurate.

They haven't got more inaccurate in the past week, though, have they?

Wtf

Not for cases, unfortunately. There is some delay with reporting deaths

Sire news last night said Scotland and Wales hadn't reported for a few days so it's probably that. Still bloody scary though!

I wonder if it’s partly because Northern Ireland weren’t adding their numbers in from 23rd-28th December, so maybe these have been added in today? I don’t no that for sure though, just speculation.

Bloody hell! Horrific. I feel so sorry for the medical staff who will have to deal with the increase in hospital admissions. They must be at the ending their tethers.

@OverTheRainbow88

Is there maybe a delay because Christmas so these are a build up from before Christmas?

Some countries didn't report over Christmas so there's a backlog coming through. The dashboard shows cases by date reported and also by date tested which gives a more accurate figure (albeit with a lag)

Christmas backlog of results? Does this include all regions as previously NI and Scotland if I recall were not reporting for the Christmas holidays.

Where are the covid deniers now?

Was just going to post the same.

God help the NHS in the next few weeks

@PhylisPrice

Sire news last night said Scotland and Wales hadn't reported for a few days so it's probably that. Still bloody scary though!

They have been reporting cases not deaths.

Does that include Scotland, Wales and NI? I know not all of the UK was reporting over Christmas so wonder if that includes the backlog. Fucking scary either way. My area has doubled in the last week.

@Barbie222

Not for cases, unfortunately. There is some delay with reporting deaths

This!