Why is the daily data so late this evening?

[hettyhooverdoover]

Have I missed anything?

There’s a message on the gov site saying there’s been an issue.

They have found another sofa with cases down the side?

@AnneLovesGilbert

There’s a message on the gov site saying there’s been an issue.

OK thanks!

I was also wondering this, it's usually around 5pm isn't it?

I hope the issue isn't too serious, or another spreadsheet error.

Issue updating deaths apparently

Yeah, its all been a big fuck.up and covid doesn't exist, its just another cold

Hopefully they've not 'found' some data again.

48000+

Any data analyst out there will feel nothing but empathy, nothing like trying to do your job with old tech and half the country over your shoulder!

New cases are there but no death figures

@TheoriginalLEM

Yeah, its all been a big fuck.up and covid doesn't exist, its just another cold

Please tell me this is sarcastic...

Absolutely. Imagine knowing the PM press release depends on your figures!

Any data analyst out there will feel nothing but empathy, nothing like trying to do your job with old tech and half the country over your shoulder!

Yep

the new case figures are not too bad (slightly higher than yesterday but much lower than last week) but I think the death figures might be (even more) tragically high

@Frazzled2207

the new case figures are not too bad (slightly higher than yesterday but much lower than last week) but I think the death figures might be (even more) tragically high

I've got in my head they may be so high they are re checking all the data to make sure its right? That's probably my imagination running away with me :-(

@hettyhooverdoover
I know in the past when numbers have been late the case numbers, if not necessarily the death numbers, have been extremely high, presumably because they were checking, so yeah I can believe it

PHE have updated case numbers on their Twitter feed.....48,682, so it isn't unusually high case numbers holding up the dashboard update.

I saw that the figures published yesterday contained deaths dating back to September and October, there was even one for May. Why does it take so long to publish some?

A worry when deaths data is being held up for this length of time.

@starrynight19

A worry when deaths data is being held up for this length of time.

Definitely. I'm hoping it's just a technical error, but a delay usually brings bad news.

I'm expecting it to be terrible. 2000+ deaths I reckon....

did wonder why its so late!

They’ve ran out of space on excel.

Maybe because all the vaccinating hubs have better things to do than count up figures, like you know...um, vaccinating people?

@Dongdingdong

Why would the vaccination hubs be putting together the daily death figures?