Yesterday, #Whitty and #Wallance claimed that UK has high #Covid mortality rate due to new variant – but current UK #mortality rate is similar to average for #European countries – there is not a specific #UK issue #CovidUK

Posted on January 23, 2021     Leave a Comment

All values are based on 7-day moving average. Positive cases have been lagged by 21 days to provide a better fit.

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08/01- Recent #NHSEngland data shows that a 50,000 increase in positive #Covid cases results in an immediate demand for 750 hospital beds, with 90 being mechanical ventilator beds – Covid crisis is getting worse for #NHS – #LockDown #CovidUK #Covid-19

Posted on January 9, 2021     Leave a Comment

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06/01- #NHSEngland data shows that a 50,000 increase in positive #Covid cases results in an immediate demand for 700 hospital beds, with 80 being mechanical ventilator beds – illustrating the crisis building up for #NHS – #LockDown #CovidUK #Covid-19

Posted on January 6, 2021     Leave a Comment

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The website https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations provides a very useful tracker of the worldwide vaccination programme #vaccination #Covid #Covid19 #Lockdown

Posted on January 5, 2021     Leave a Comment

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Boris Johnson has a habit of delaying tough choices. In a pandemic, it’s lethal | Boris Johnson | The Guardian

Posted on January 4, 2021     Leave a Comment

The debate over Christmas Covid restrictions shows how the PM’s procrastination has left Britain with only bad options, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr — Read on amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/boris-johnson-pandemic-britain-christmas-covid

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Higher #Covid mortality (3.3% of those tested positive are now dead 21 days later) are putting pressure on #NHS – and we can expect a stronger #lockdown going forward – #CovidUK #Lockdown #NHS #Covid19

Posted on January 4, 2021     Leave a Comment

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04/01 update – #NHSEngland data shows that a 50,000 increase in positive #Covid cases results is an immediate demand for 600 hospital beds, with 60 being mechanical ventilator beds – This clearly shows why England is moving to a full #LockDown #CovidUK

Posted on January 4, 2021     Leave a Comment

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Current data shows that a 50,000 increase in positive #Covid cases results is an immediate demand for 600 hospital beds, with 60 being mechanical ventilator beds – demonstrating the pressure on #NHS – #CovidUK #Covid19 #forecast #LockDown #CovidVaccine

Posted on January 4, 2021     Leave a Comment

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UK Covid mortality rate has increased during last few weeks – the same is the case acoss other European countries, hence there is no reason to think it’s a speicfic UK problem, e.g. mutated virus #CovidUK #Covid #forecast #lockdown

Posted on January 3, 2021     Leave a Comment

All values are based on 7-day moving average. Positive cases have been lagged by 21 days to provide a better fit.

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21 day forecast of UK #Covid deaths – During last few weeks, the Covid mortality rate has increased to 3.3% of positive cases, meaning that expected daily deaths will soon be running above 1,000 #CovidUK #Covid #forecast #lockdown

Posted on January 3, 2021     Leave a Comment

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