Tieriffic or tierifying ... who knows!

[dancemom]

Quick title as last thread about to fill up ....

The positivity rate is encouraging.

I think that must be the lowest for quite some time

• 237 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 23,580 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 1.2% of these were positive
• 1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 16 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 115 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 2,708,691 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 661,975 have received their second dose

Even lower today

Thanks @dancemom hospital figures look to be really dropping as well.

@dancemom

Even lower today

Great news! Hope we can get our lives back now!

Thanks dancemom! (was considering having a look on the gov website, but came here instead for your update. Much easier!) It's looking good, and, yes, the %positive is tiny. I'm mentally willing everything to stay going in the right direction over the next fortnight (and in England too, for possible travel reasons...)

@dancemom

Even lower today

Good news! Thanks for the stats @dancemom

I read an article on FB from Edinburgh News saying they were opening nightclubs in August. Can't link unfortunately. Scared me I must say, I just want life back to normal and to stay like that and close sweaty environments seem a bit risky, but I guess that's because nightclubs don't feature heavily in my life anymore so are no loss to me.

I spent all my weekends in clubs, in the 90's
I'm concerned at the idea of the Fringe going ahead. That seems like madness.

@Perihelion 😳
How on earths is that going to work. Loads fringe venues are tiny with terrible ventilation! Can't see it being financially viable

I'll be avoiding the Edinburgh festival this year. The train journey, packed in like sardines, is enough to put me off.

I felt very positive when I saw the news about the festival

Yes - I'm totally up for the festival/ fringe. I assume they're running it with reduced capacity, with more outdoors stuff, and presumably it'll be cheaper for performers with that in mind. But it will be so nice to have a bit of spontaneity.

[quote Sootess]@Perihelion 😳
How on earths is that going to work. Loads fringe venues are tiny with terrible ventilation! Can't see it being financially viable [/quote]
It's outdoor venues and capped numbers

(also, it might be a bit less manic with fewer clueless tourists having to grasp the concept of Edinburgh buses/ geography and so on).

A Local Festival for Local People - that's what I want. ( but with good shows). Cos I'm a misanthrope.

• 204 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 18,125 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 1.4% of these were positive
• 3 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 18 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 109 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 2,722,084 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 688,761 have received their second dose

Thanks 😊
I'm really confused to why the LA data hasn't been published today at all just health boards!

160 old cases which were identified through the ONS infection surveys have been added to the cumulative total today, which means there is no daily increase figure for the council areas today

Thanks!

I tend to check out our LA and that's about it really think it's more through habit now! 😂 I used to do it to see higher places and make weekend plans but we haven't had any in over a month now so no idea why I still bother!

The International Festival is going to be 3? outdoor covered venues, but the Fringe isn't necessarily and is actually hoping to use the usual EIF sites.
I'm biased against the Fringe, as it's got too big, I despise Underbelly and it's on when the schools are back. I'd probably look more kindly on it, if it ran during July.

I agree with you Perihelion. Haven't been for a good few years cos it's got so beyond itself.

Real joke is lots of small venues outside Edinburgh host Fringe Acts in the warm up phase. Usually I go to 2 or 3 performances where I get an exclusive preview without having to deal with the hassle. Same goes for the rotation of Buchanan Street buskers. In some ways I miss Glasgow being the centre of attention because everything has become so Edinburgh centric. However most of the time it means we get to have a vibrant Arts scene without the hangers on and over comercialisation. Also much more room for grass roots projects.

I have to say that in some ways I'm quite glad that a reset has been forced on the Edinburgh New Year celebrations and the Fringe Festival. Over the past few years they've increasingly been purely financially focused with no half price tickets for locals like they used to offer and Princes Street Gardens destroyed because of NYE.

• 210 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 19,331 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 1.2% of these were positive
• 2 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 2,733,387 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 715,714 have received their second dose