Not sure what's the "right" number of tests, given that we bumbled along seemingly happily on less than half that number for months ?Tests 1, 410, 000 approximately. Quite a bit down
I know and the ups and downs have not made much difference recently. But just neesed to point out they were about a quarter million down on yesterday.Not sure what's the "right" number of tests, given that we bumbled along seemingly happily on less than half that number for months ?
Seems plenty enough to me given very few of those tests will be given to symptoms. In an ideal world we'd all be tested daily I guess, so there'd be no issue at all of asymptomatic cases being missed !
Yesterday's vaccination numbers
First doses: 528,260
Second doses: 132,016
BOOM
over 660,000 - wow - record day?
IF this North West fall today of 421 from 805 yesterday to 386 today is true and has no mitigating issue such as delayed test results etc it is amazing news.
That is the lowest NW score in at least 6 months. Probably more as I gave up looking.
Moreover a large number of it comes from Greater Manchester. A huge fall of 270 from 457 to 187.
This is really hard to understand without there being a glitch but hopefully not
As you might imagine some extraordinary scores today which I will post below!
That is indeed great news.IF this North West fall today of 421 from 805 yesterday to 386 today is true and has no mitigating issue such as delayed test results etc it is amazing news.
That is the lowest NW score in at least 6 months. Probably more as I gave up looking.
Moreover a large number of it comes from Greater Manchester. A huge fall of 270 from 457 to 187.
This is really hard to understand without there being a glitch but hopefully not
As you might imagine some extraordinary scores today which I will post below!
And just to add to this, the latest data from icnarc out today;Hospital data was also down again. Though paradoxically North West was the only region NOT to fall on both measures. Its patients fell a little but ventilators stayed at 90.
Will post the full data later but there are now under 5000 in hospital with Covid in England (4841) and under 6000 in the UK.
I suspect that in April the figures for the second doses will start to catch up and eventually overtake first doses.Yep. Record total and second shots.
That is indeed great news.
It's a shame the lead item on LBC (not BBC for a change) is going to be "The "R" rate is going up, are we safe to continued to ease Lockdown" !
I despair, the "R" rate is such a misused measure by the media. While it's 0.6-0.9 cases are plummeting.
It does seem like a big decrease for one day. So you may be right about the glitch HP. However In the past when there has been such a large drop in numbers it has tended to be on a Monday when there has been a delay in test results because of the weekend.Trafford became the first place I have tracked since last Summer whose Pop Score rose by NIL. As in too small to increase it even by1.
It had just 2 cases - by miles the lowest in the region since likely last July.
It was not alone in doing well though.
Every GM borough bar Oldham had a Pop Score rise in single figures. And even Oldham's was only 10.
Bury was second with just 11 cases with Bolton on 1 more at 12 and Stockport one more at 13.
All low scores in 2021 and likely well back into 2020 for these boroughs.
Rochdale had 20, Oldham and Tameside - not struggling much today - on 23.
Wigan had 24 and Salford 25.
Leaving Manchester 'struggling' (not) with 34 - its lowest in as far back as I have looked so far,
As you might imagine pretty much everywhere here has a big week to week fall in Pop Score numbers.
It might all go gaga tomorrow when the truth dawns - if this is just a one off glitch.
But hey it is a very good day indeed. And the biggest % fall in a day I recall seeing for GM - 8.4% to 48.4%
That is about spot on where GM should be population wise in the NW so maybe this is NOT a dream after all.
I agree with caution and staggered re-opening, but the media were quite happy to go overboard last week about the prospect of vaccinations doubling which itself will have increased a sense we've finished.few weeks away. Media are doing a good job to not go overboard with the positive data. Cautious is the biggest asset at the moment
I tend to agree with you but I still feel it's rather absurd that here we are sitting on another nice weekend yet we can't again do anything and Easter again a write off.we are nearly out of this! Few more weeks and life will be relatively normal again certainly in this country. Map to freedom seems to have been timed very well. Slightly overly cautious but that’s wise.
Find my interest in this thread disappearing more and more every day, and that can surely only be a good thing? Everything plummeting, millions and millions jabbed a week, my parents hopefully soon to be protected after their jabs... just feels like a matter of time now doesn't it? Fingers crossed.. *touch wood*
What is it with people obsessed with nee variants ? Seems to be a few on here. Why not look forward to the good times that are coming back rather than mithering yourself about something that probably or more than likely wont happen?Until a new variant comes along and changes the game again..
Really hoping we can drive down the numbers as fast as possible to drop the chance of a serious new variant taking hold and causing chaos again.
Going well so far this year and I'm looking forward to a good summer. Need to start planning a load of things to make the most of it!