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So Aberdeen’s game this weekend has been called off after two players tested positive with the virus. They were that ashamed of not getting a result against Rangers that 7 players went out to drown their sorrows and drank at the pub that’s central to the spike in Covid cases.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
So Aberdeen’s game this weekend has been called off after two players tested positive with the virus. They were that ashamed of not getting a result against Rangers that 7 players went out to drown their sorrows and drank at the pub that’s central to the spike in Covid cases.
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They do nothing to help the stereotypical view of footballers
 
England hospital deaths are 10 today. With 1 from yesterday and 0 from the NW.

Last Friday it was 9 with 1 from day before and 2 from North West.
 
Wales sadly still in trouble with 7 extra deaths. Highest daily number in a while (though they do say some may be revised over next 3 weeks as they are just reported numbers for now).

Cases actually down on last week - though slightly up on the 15 yesterday - to 17 from 5019 tests - so that is about 0.3% - well below Scotland or England. Which is going the right way.

Deaths up though from 4 last Friday.
 
The England hospital deaths result in the following:

6 Aug 1

5 Aug adds 2 to be 2 after 2 days

4 Aug adds 1 to be 4 after 3 days

3 Aug adds 0 to be 10 after 4 days

2 August adds 1 to be 6 after 5 days. So that is now 7 consecutive single figure 5 day totals (first time that has happened since March) and nine of last ten - that other one being just 10.

As you can see the run will end as 3 Aug is at 10 already with the fifth day figures to be added tomorrow. But only 2 have been added to it in the last two days so it may well not move up much if at all. So the last two weeks 5 day death totals are clearly in essence single figures for England now.

Of the rest 1 was added to 31 July to make the 7 day total just 3. The best weekly daily total yet.

The above 6 are the only ones that date from July or August. The other 4 in the ten deaths added today date weeks back to May and June.
 
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So the UK hospital death total today is 16 - same as two Fridays ago. It was 13 last Friday.

Though as you can see with the England & Wales data at least five of these deaths date back a long way or may be subject to being removed in future as Wales noted. So its hard to say this is a concerning increase. Especially when its down this low. Fluctuations are bound to happen as 0 UK deaths is going to be a hard ask at any point soon.

Last Friday there was another big add on from out of hospital data. So the 13 added 107 non hospital cases to give an all settings figure of 120.

There was some speculation of it being an end of month catch up number but it was actually 107 out of hospital the Friday before too. Then making an all settings number of 123.

We will soon see.
 
Anyone planning a weekend trip to the North Wales coast bear this in mind.

6 of todays 7 Welsh deaths and 30 of the last 32 in just over two weeks have come from the Betsi Cadwaladr health area - basically Llandudno/Rhyl/ Prestatyn coast and hinterland region.
 
My fiance made redundant last friday, my mum today. My mum has worked for one retail shop for 22 years. She's got no idea what she is going to do now. My missus has lost a great grandmother to this, I lost my aunt a couple of months back. On top of that we were meant to be getting married next month. Put back a year. I hoped to be married, with a mortgage and hopefully even set to be a dad by this time next year. We've both lost so much money from this pandemic that fuck knows when all that will happen now.

I know some people may have had it worse, but I can't lie - I'm utterly, utterly exhausted. Just really, really effected our lives in lots of very shite ways. Could really do with a hug off my mum and dad right now! But yeah... makes it worse that I just can't see the end of any of this too.

sorry, just ranting. Just needed to.
 
twosips said:
My fiance made redundant last friday, my mum today. My mum has worked for one retail shop for 22 years. She's got no idea what she is going to do now. My missus has lost a great grandmother to this, I lost my aunt a couple of months back. On top of that we were meant to be getting married next month. Put back a year. I hoped to be married, with a mortgage and hopefully even set to be a dad by this time next year. We've both lost so much money from this pandemic that fuck knows when all that will happen now.

I know some people may have had it worse, but I can't lie - I'm utterly, utterly exhausted. Just really, really effected our lives in lots of very shite ways. Could really do with a hug off my mum and dad right now! But yeah... makes it worse that I just can't see the end of any of this too.

sorry, just ranting. Just needed to.
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Sorry to hear two sips. Things are grim now but hopefully they will improve before too long.
 
So sorry twosips. It must be hard to think positively after all of that. But there will be an other side to this and each day brings that moment closer however long it will be.

All we can do is try to hope we are through the worst and heading for a time when some kind of normality returns.

I know these are only words. But its the best we have right now. That and family and friends and mutual support.
 
We made it to a sub 100 Friday. Just.

All settings deaths 98. Adding 81 to the 17 UK hospital deaths. So down from the 107 added last Friday.
 
New cases down too at 871 - actually 9 less than last Friday. And 79 down on yesterday.

Today was from 185, 980 tests - 162, 713 of them pillar 1 and 2. A new high number of these.

So all round that looks encouraging.
 
Regional cases scoreboard

London 90 (down from 105)

West Midlands 63 (down from 87)

Yorks & Humber 150 (up from 106 and highest in this region in 3 weeks)


North West 216 (down from 285)

The numbers today are very similar to those for the NW a week ago when we entered partial lockdown - they were 212 on the Thursday and 209 last Friday)

So I guess you could say this is to a degree success if it has stopped an exponential rise as had to be possible.
 
twosips said:
My fiance made redundant last friday, my mum today. My mum has worked for one retail shop for 22 years. She's got no idea what she is going to do now. My missus has lost a great grandmother to this, I lost my aunt a couple of months back. On top of that we were meant to be getting married next month. Put back a year. I hoped to be married, with a mortgage and hopefully even set to be a dad by this time next year. We've both lost so much money from this pandemic that fuck knows when all that will happen now.

I know some people may have had it worse, but I can't lie - I'm utterly, utterly exhausted. Just really, really effected our lives in lots of very shite ways. Could really do with a hug off my mum and dad right now! But yeah... makes it worse that I just can't see the end of any of this too.

sorry, just ranting. Just needed to.
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I haven't been through anything like you have, but I can well understand how bleak things seem. These last few weeks I've been down with it all but as Heald said... every day is a day closer getting back to some kind of normality, and we all need to hold on to that. Chin up x
 
GM scoreboard is mixed fortunes with some looking better and others not.

Bolton 7 down from 15 and lowest in a week. 260 over month. 75 past week. 43 past 3 days. Pop score 717

Bury 10 down from 11. 122 over month. 56 past week. 31 past 3 days. Pop score 731

Manchester 28 down from 35 587 over month. 191 past week. 85 past 3 days. Pop score 626

Oldham 33 up from 31 469 over month. 181 past week. 102 past 3 days. (Worst in GM) Pop score 971 - closing fast on the 1000 club

Rochdale 11 up from 10 393 over month 80 past week. 35 past 3 days. Pop score 874

Salford 7 down from 9 223 over month 76 past week. 28 past 3 days. Pop score 591. Still only one in 500 club but days off leaving it.

Stockport 13 up from 10 - third straight rise needs watching 191 over month 79 past week. 29 past 3 days Pop score 618

Tameside 12 down from 17 177 over month 75 past week 38 past 3 days. Pop score 745

Trafford 4 big drop from 14 130 over past 2 weeks 53 past week 27 past 3 days. Pop score 623

Wigan 6 up from 3 95 over month (still just only one sub 100 and easily best in GM) 26 past week (easily lowest) 10 past 3 days Pop score 671
 
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