Of course it should not.
I can tell you, for instance, that there is nothing unusual to have several contributory causes of death on death certificates. If Covid is a contributory factor it should be there.
He has made the error the Gov presentation of stats encourages.
The Gov, in its daily stats, gives data on tests processed not people tested.
It DOES show a slow but steady increase in positivity rate. So it isn’t, as Carl Henegen suggested, simply more positives because more people have been tested.
We are in a BETTER position than we were in March in terms of testing and even slightly better re tracing, but that needs much improved performance.
But if support for and monitoring of isolation is not taken MUCH more seriously than at present all the testing in the world will not stop a fast increase in positives.
It is likely only a matter of time before this shifts into the older and more susceptible age group.
This is a novel virus and local conditions result in some variations in speed and spread.
I think we will find out in September where our inflection is.
It is frustrating that the test data is so scattered across databases & inconsistent.
People tested should be the key measure (hint - they are fewer than tests processed)
In fact road accidents death during Covid season