Dancing with tiers in my eyes, Weeping for the memory of a life gone by

[dancemom]

New thread, a very appropriate title I feel ...

@dancemom

Thank you everyone. Feeling much better this week, breathlessness and aches seem to have passed for the most part. Still very fatigued but trying to take it easy and build myself back up slowly.

Great to hear. Did you get some magnesium and vit b complexes to help you with the fatigue? It does take a while for it to start helping.

Pacing is hard work in itself. Things I found made life easier were slow cooker for dinners, precut frozen veg and soup maker for lunches. Not too much TV you don't realise how tiring concentrating on a screen is, I put the radio on instead. Having a bath instead of a shower (it also helped my muscles). Getting out of bed in stages and when I could feel fatigue kicking in going back to bed for a lie down for an hour or two rather than sitting on the sofa. Small little tasks throughout the day followed by rest periods so a task would be to load the washing machine but then I would rest.
It's really frustrating to find the balance with it but don't push it, pushing through makes it worse.

• 2,566 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
• 30,805 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
◦ 8.9% of these were positive*
• 27 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 57 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 925 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,311,339 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,899,153 have received their second dose

Sorry to hear you're not completely over the covid dancemom

I see the footnote to today's figures says it doesn't include the nhs lab tests since 6pm yesterday. It'll be interesting to see how that affects tomorrow's results. I read that the nhs labs mostly do hospital patients, staff and emergency workers, so hopefully a small fraction of the overall number.

Am I right in thinking the SG doesn't publish the breakdown? I look at more details on Travelling Tabby but I don't think he has these figures?

• 2,153 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
• 37,368 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
◦ 6.3% of these were positive*
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 58 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 932 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,312,204 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,900,427 have received their second dose

Encouraging numbers today, especially given that they include extra NHS lab tests.

Onwards and downwards 💪🏻 (hopefully)

• 2,732 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
• 38,122 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
◦ 7.7% of these were positive*
• 24 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 60 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 926 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,314,144 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,903,299 have received their second dose
*Please note that today's testing and case numbers may be affected by a data flow issue at the Glasgow Lighthouse laboratory. The position has improved but there are still some delays in results being sent.

Acchhtt. Discouraging numbers today.

@mibbelucieachwell

Acchhtt. Discouraging numbers today.

I think it's going to just hover around these figures unless there is a big spike!

Oh DH told me that hospital transmission was up (as in those catching it in hospitals) which might also explain hospital numbers having a bit a peak along with those delays from late Sept/Oct spike. But we aren't trusted up here to understand the difference so its all lumped in together!

Yes, I agree that we seem to have reached our winter baseline! (Though I'm sure I have said that before and then numbers plummeted, so who knows...)

That's interesting if hospital transmission is up again. How often are inpatients tested - does anyone know? I know they test on admission, but do they then get tested routinely while in hospital too, to find out if patients have since come down with it? Or just if they start with symptoms while in hospital? I'd imagine an unidentified covid positive patient on a negative ward could do a fair bit of damage, even if the ward ventilation works as it should. Although some patients would likely be discharged before coming down with symptoms, longer term patients could well not be picked up on if only mildly symptomatic, I suppose.

Hmm. Interesting 🧐 🤔

Today's results came with a footnote mentioning a delay in the Glasgow Lighthouse labs results though. this is apparently improving.

So are the Glasgow reported figures artificially low?

@scottishskifun are the nhs labs numbers publicly reported or just bundled up in the PHS results? Asking for a friend

Yes, it said that yesterday too - or Wednesday actually maybe, but when I checked back later that message had gone. So I think it's probably been artifically low for a few days now.

@mibbelucieachwell I think if positive and its first positive but it could have all changed. DH started out last Yr doing test and trace before they set up the system.

@ResilienceWanker I only know our hospital and from friends on maternity wards which is a test every 72 hours if staying on the wards.

Thanks! That seems reasonable, and would at least identify any longer term patients who had caught it within the hospital (or immediately prior to admission, so testing negative directly on admission).

• 3,867* new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 43,735* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 9.6% of these were positive
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 65 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 926 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,315,802 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,905,177 have received their second dose
*Please note that today's testing and case numbers are still affected by a data flow issue at the Glasgow Lighthouse laboratory. The situation has been resolved but the backlog of results has impacted on newly reported cases and tests over the last couple of days and today.

• 2,513 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
• 27,809 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
◦ 9.6% of these were positive*
• 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends)
• 64 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 910 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,317,601 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,907,056 have received their second dose
*The backlog of results being processed at the Glasgow Lighthouse laboratory, which impacted on newly reported cases and tests over the last couple of days, has now been cleared.

• 2,065 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 20,414 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 10.8% of these were positive
• 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are generally closed at the weekend)
• 68 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 931 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,318,783 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,908,244 have received their second dose

• 2,010* new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 15,662* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 13.5*% of these were positive
• 26 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 63 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 932 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,320,370 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,910,253 have received their second dose

• Public Health Scotland (PHS) are aware of a data flow issue affecting NHS Scotland Pillar 1 lab test results since yesterday (1 November) afternoon. This will impact on figures reported today and is being investigated.

Numbers looking ok?

• 3,495* new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 49,462* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 7.5*% of these were positive
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 63 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 935 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,321,770 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,911,823 have received their second dose

• The backlog of NHS Scotland Pillar 1 lab test results that Public Health Scotland were unable to report yesterday (2 November) due to an issue affecting data flow on the afternoon of 1 November, are included in today’s newly reported figures.

Is pillar 1 the hospital labs, so mainly staff and inpatients does anyone know?
If so that's a lot of cases

Lot of cases but a lot of tests too.

Would people stop posting about how the figures are improving as they always go up immediately afterwards

😳

I jinxed it

Yep 7 more years of Covid, all down to Wouldbegood

That’s what I get for trying to be positive.