Big jump again today to 562 deaths

That's just awful. What about how scared the carers are? In a situation like this the patient being scared shouldn't come in to it. They should be given the same protection as hospital staff get. Everyone who works/lives in the home should have had a test by now. PPE should be available in large quantities. Families not allowed to attend I can understand at least until there is something reliable around like they hope with the blood test where the hope is you get your result back within fifteen minutes (you can wait outside until the result comes through). If hospitals are sending people there to die well that's a bad way to keep down Covid death figures with only hospitals being counted.

 

There were 667 new deaths in England reported today. Of these 118 occurred on 12 Apr, 322 on 11 Apr, 93 on 10 Apr, 49 on 9 Apr, 28 on 8 Apr, 13 on 7 Apr, 9 on 6 Apr, 5 on 5 Apr, 5 on 4 Apr, 6 on 3 Apr, 5 on 2 Apr, 2 on 1 Apr, 4 on 31 Mar, 1 on 30 Mar, 3 on 29 Mar, 2 on 28 Mar, 1 on 27 Mar and 1 on 26 Mar.

Is this wide date spread of deaths typical of every day's announcement?

 

717 on the website. And Italy almost on 20 000 deaths.

 

Edit: My previous comment was incorrect about totals, but correct in so far as what NHS England's numbers show, but unfortunately they dont tally with elsewhere. However it is true that daily totals are being revised as other deaths come in aftr the date in question, thus adjusting the figures.

Of course it doesn't include deaths outside hospitals, so the numbers are higher.

 

Deaths by Age....

Worth noting that the higher age ranges will invariably increase by some amount in both total and as % of deaths, as the deaths currently not being counted in care homes etc. are likely to be amongst those who are 60+

 

Here's the breakdown of the deaths announced by NHS England today. Not the latest position, as the press continually say, by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Bump.

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But deaths at home aren’t counted either, I’m not suggesting they’ll equal the care homes, but there’ll be a wider range.

Interesting to hear Sturgeon yesterday promise more comprehensive numbers than the current ‘died in hospital having tested positive’, has the same happened for the rest of the UK?

 

I think most sensible people just pointed out some overlap would occur not that most dying would have. I agree those who did thank that were well wide of the mark.
My Dad dropped a prescription off for one of the kids today. He was telling me he saw a elderly man at the chemist probably in his 80s and was struggling to walk but still out and about.
The most vulnerable haven't been protected at all. The care home situation is awful but so is the amount of vulnerable people who are still going out despite the advice. Either through stubbornness or necessity.

 

16 days left of the month to try and do an extra 85,000 tests a day more than they currently are.

 

There should be an interesting report by https://twitter.com/COVID19actuary released later today.

 

This one is scary. Not only have COVID deaths increased significantly, but so that those without COVID.

 

Scary but not surprising unfortunately.

 

Tuesday spikes have been shrinking which shows we haven't been staying at home for nothing.....

 

According to the guy on the radio from the ONS; this weeks ‘Tuesday spike’ is due on Wednesday because of the bank holiday.
Hopefully it’ll still be lower than last week though.

 

Yes the rest of this week will likely be back close to the thousand mark before next Monday onwards we see the curve start to flatten. After the next three weeks of lockdown things should start to open again slowly. Spring Bank might be as boring as easter because I can't see any leisure open even by then.

 

Some issues with our figures too...