COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Rammy Blue]

The number of hospital deaths of with Covid-19 hospital deaths be country / region are 62 as follows:

• Scotland - 0 **
• Northern Ireland - 0
• Wales - 3
• England - 59
  • East of England - 9
  • London - 0
  • Midlands - 16
  • North East & Yorkshire - 11
  • North West - 14
  • South East - 7
  • South West - 2

** = Also includes deaths in care home & other settings.

Deaths in other sertings in NI, Wales and England to follow.

0 deaths in London, how the fuck does that happen???

 

[lancs blue]

BBC just said UK death all settings total today 55. That is 7 LESS than the hospital only total after yesterday being identical. Wonder what has changed in the recording method?

I've given up on the daily stats because of this kind of thing, how can the reported hospital deaths be greater than those in all settings? I now wait for the weekly ONS stats tomorrow to get a better idea of trends, even if it is 10 days behind.

 

[domalino]

Grim news from the states, the pandemic is "roaring back into life". Follow the link and read the thread - covers Florida texas and california.

 

[i8rags]

This is the thing, I'm no Tory as I think they've been shit dealing with this CV epademic (I'm trying not to be political) but a persentage public do what the fuck they want and take zero responsibility.

When the shit hits the fan it'll all be the govt. fault.

The blame someone else society in full bloom.

Did you type that with your feet.

 

[Barcon]

My brother went out for the first time since lockdown in Geneva last night. Both bars and restaurants open. Few waiters wearing masks and a few segregated tables but otherwise back to normal.
Very strange seeing the night out’ pictures.

Both bars and restaurants? And Tevez thought Manchester was bad.

 

[BlueAnorak]

0 deaths in London, how the fuck does that happen???

The epidemic was brought under control in London 4 weeks ago.
What surprises me is Scotland having no deaths for 2 days on the bounce.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

BBC just said UK death all settings total today 55. That is 7 LESS than the hospital only total after yesterday being identical. Wonder what has changed in the recording method?

It's called the weekend...

 

[ganganvince]

Not seen Laura or Peston at a brief for weeks?

 

[BlueAnorak]

I've given up on the daily stats because of this kind of thing, how can the reported hospital deaths be greater than those in all settings? I now wait for the weekly ONS stats tomorrow to get a better idea of trends, even if it is 10 days behind.

Audit data.
There is a problem between PHE testing and NHS testing with everybody in care homes being tested.

 

[somapop]

Both bars and restaurants? And Tevez thought Manchester was bad.

I left that on a plate for someone to pick up....but you might not be far off

 

[Nellies left peg]

Not seen Laura or Peston at a brief for weeks?

Isn't life sweet? :-)

 

[BlueAnorak]

 

[blueinsa]

Listened to radio 2 at lunchtime as the discussion was Covid and testing.

Whilst the country demanded huge numbers of tests for obvious reasons, what they didnt know was the tests have had huge error rates because science has barely been able to keep up and still cant.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Other information from today's news conference.
21% of UK Covid-19 deaths are in care settings.
(Note: Though there are a further 12% of excess deaths in care homes - some will be non diagnosed Covid-19 cases though others will be be dementia and cardio-vascular related due to stress.)

 

[Rammy Blue]

Not seen Laura or Peston at a brief for weeks?

Thank the lord.

 

[Claytop]

This was the 29th.



Wonder if she’s been asked to have abit of time off as she was in the firing line for a lot of left leaning posters.

Could be other personal reasons I should add.

Abit more than a few days mind.

 

[ganganvince]

This was the 29th.



Wonder if she’s been asked to have abit of time off as she was in the firing line for slot of left leaning posters.

Could be other personal reasons I should add.

Abit more than a few days mind.

It was with Peston also missing I thought it odd

 

[Cityfan]

Listened to radio 2 at lunchtime as the discussion was Covid and testing.

Whilst the country demanded huge numbers of tests for obvious reasons, what they didnt know was the tests have had huge error rates because science has barely been able to keep up and still cant.

Nobody knows what the error rate is and it rather depends on what you mean by error rate.

 

[blueinsa]

Nobody knows what the error rate is and it rather depends on what you mean by error rate.

The resident Doctor Jarvis was saying that the first swab test had a false negative rate of upto 30% and was literally only usable for someone newly infected. She then said one of the antigen tests was also not that reliable. Up shot was people doctors felt had covid where told the test was negative as that was what it showed.

 

[Cityfan]

The resident Doctor Jarvis was saying that the first swab test had a false negative rate of upto 30% and was literally only usable for someone newly infected. She then said one of the antigen tests was also not that reliable. Up shot was people doctors felt had covid where told the test was negative as that was what it showed.

The thing is without a gold standard for testing 30% is a bit of a guess and it probably depends a bit on who is doing the swabbing, but it probably remains positive for a while if you still have symptoms.
Do you mean antibody test? The swab test is a test for viral rna, and the blood test is a test for antibodies.