The latest weekly PHE Flu & COVID Surveillance Report is out. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… At first glance there's been a welcome flattening off of both cases and infectivity, but the age split shows that at older ages there are still increases. Case rates first.... 1/5 
Now infectivity levels, for pillar 2 (community testing). Most are still rising steeply, except for younger ages. 2/5
Admissions next, using rates per 100k, to allow for differing populations by region. It's still consistent with the picture @COVID19actuary has been sharing for some time now. The age split shows the concern over older age groups. 3/5
ICU COVID admissions are combined with flu, though you would barely notice the latter. Rapid growth, but as we've seen in the @ICNARC reports, not nearly as fast as in March thankfully. 4/5
Finally, and possibly a surprise, is the excess deaths graph, with no obvious sign of an excess yet, even though COVID registered deaths are increasing. I'll be watching this carefully, as excess deaths is my preferred measure to understand the impact of the pandemic. 5/5 ENDS
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