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I think there is an aspect that we did our vaccinations of the vulnerable/older groups earlier so then when the latest wave (which isn't really shown on the figures as they stopped testing, but Zoe/ONS had the rise) hit they were more vulnerable, so we would expect our rates to go up.
I did also notice that although France was reporting large case number (350k 7 day average) their death rate was similar to ours (about 330 7 day rolling average). So either they are healthier than us, their heath care/vaccinations worked better than us or we were severely under reporting (while being rather smug that our infections weren't as bad as their's).
I'm also a bit surprised by the reinfection numbers. It seems to be staying fairly consistently just above 10%, which implies to me that infection is pretty good at stopping reinfection. Especially as a number of people who get it (like healthcare workers/teachers etc) cannot avoid being exposed to it, so are more likely to get it again than, say, my dh, who wfh and wouldn't often meet inside in a crowd,
Currently I would say of people I know 75% are reinfections (or reinfections of the reinfection... or more), but at the same time (having asked) the majority haven't bothered reporting, sometimes either infection.