Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[RFUS]

Especially with the easing of the lockdown as well mate. Still early days like, but fingers crossed.

I think it will still take a bit of time for the impact of that to be reflected in deaths. Fingers crossed the impact is as small as possible though.

EDIT: Got mixed up a bit then. Hospital admissions could well have been going up in the time frame between now and VE day, so this is very good news indeed.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Rolling averages down again, 210.57 for hospitals, 359.71 overall

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Think this is the first time seen the drop in other vaccinations quantified - going to have to be some focus on catchup for these during the coming weeks,

Pretty much mirrors the evidence from our local trust. The fear surrounding a disease that won't do much harm to children is stopping people doing things to protect them from diseases that actually kill them in large numbers.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

And 100+ in care homes...

363 is the official government total for today.

I know the NHS numbers have never included care home or community deaths, but normally after a low number over the weekend the Wednesday figures normally show a large increase in hospital deaths, so at the end of the day just going on the UK hospital death figure of 235 reported today, then they are way down on the normal Wednesday figures as @MarcelsGoat posted:

20th May - 235
13th May - 494
5th May - 693
28th April - 909
21st April - 1172
14th April - 1044
7th April - 1038
31st March - 382
24th March - 149

Lowest Wednesday figures for almost 2 months.

 

[COYBL25]

London has recorded no new cases of coronavirus for a full 24 hour period, the latest official data shows. Public Health England data shows that none of the Covid-19 swabs taken in the capital on Monday came back positive. It was a fall from 19 cases the previous day.

Very encouraging that, especially when you consider the tube has been up and really running / packed for well over a week now.

 

[peteblue]

UK Covid-19 death toll over 44,000 - nearly 10,000 more than previously thought

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of care home deaths in the UK had passed 10,000 by May 8, with the overall death toll passing 44,000

www.mirror.co.uk

Coronavirus death toll rises past 44,000 in Britain

Data from the Office for National Statistics today pushed Britain's death toll even higher than any other country in Europe, with the UK now counting 12,000 more victims than Italy.

www.dailymail.co.uk

https://www.[Publication is blackli...ronavirus-death-toll-revealed-new-statistics/

Ministers accused of being 'too slow' as more than 44,000 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed in UK

There have been more than 44,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the UK, the latest figures reveal. Of these, 9,980 Covid-19-related deaths took place in care homes in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. In the week ending May 8, 42.4% of all deaths involving...

www.itv.com

Coronavirus death toll passes 40,000 in the UK

As the number of deaths fall for the third week running, the UK has now 54,000 more deaths than average during the Covid-19 pandemic

www.telegraph.co.uk

“A death can be registered with both COVID-19 and Influenza and Pneumonia mentioned on the death certificate. Because pneumonia may be a consequence of COVID-19, deaths where both were mentioned have been counted only in the COVID-19 category.”

So it’s rolling up any Covid 19, Flu or Pneumonia death and counting them as Covid 19.....

 

[Goat]

I know the NHS numbers have never included care home or community deaths, but normally after a low number over the weekend the Wednesday figures normally show a large increase in hospital deaths, so at the end of the day just going on the UK hospital death figure of 235 reported today, then they are way down on the normal Wednesday figures as @MarcelsGoat posted:

20th May - 235
13th May - 494
5th May - 693
28th April - 909
21st April - 1172
14th April - 1044
7th April - 1038
31st March - 382
24th March - 149

Lowest Wednesday figures for almost 2 months.

I cant totally vouch for those numbers, I just used worldmeters, im not sure what metrics they use.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Very encouraging that, especially when you consider the tube has been up and really running / packed for well over a week now.

Now all we need to do is erect the wall around the M25

 

[peteblue]

Very encouraging that, especially when you consider the tube has been up and really running / packed for well over a week now.

Fingers crossed....

 

[peteblue]

Now all we need to do is erect the wall around the M25

At least it will get the building industry fully back to work....

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Very encouraging that, especially when you consider the tube has been up and really running / packed for well over a week now.

That's what I was thinking mate. I know it's still early days and we could easily go into a second spike anytime, but for once it's actually quite nice to read something positive.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

At least it will get the building industry fully back to work....

The scaffolders have returned to our flat. They're not even wearing shirts, let alone masks.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Pretty much mirrors the evidence from our local trust. The fear surrounding a disease that won't do much harm to children is stopping people doing things to protect them from diseases that actually kill them in large numbers.

You’d hope that a push to catch up on the vaccines is included in the school opening plans.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

You’d hope that a push to catch up on the vaccines is included in the school opening plans.

I haven't seen any research, but I do wonder what this pandemic has done to the anti-vax crowd. Logically you'd think it might highlight the value of vaccines, but equally there's so much mistrust and fear at the moment that I worry it might have done the opposite.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

I know the NHS numbers have never included care home or community deaths, but normally after a low number over the weekend the Wednesday figures normally show a large increase in hospital deaths, so at the end of the day just going on the UK hospital death figure of 235 reported today, then they are way down on the normal Wednesday figures as @MarcelsGoat posted:

20th May - 235
13th May - 494
5th May - 693
28th April - 909
21st April - 1172
14th April - 1044
7th April - 1038
31st March - 382
24th March - 149

Lowest Wednesday figures for almost 2 months.

Oh it's falling, has been for a while, but we are still losing 2000 to 2500 a week, we'll end up well over 50k deaths, probably closer to 60k.