Thread by @IndependentSage

In case you missed our livestreamed briefing earlier, here's @Kit_Yates_Maths brilliant presentation of the latest figures. Warning: if you're in the mood for festive cheer, look away now. Thread 1/15

This is not a good situation, cases are high and they are rising rapidly

Recorded cases are increasing in every nation

Percentage of positive cases: Wales, England & Scotland all rising

London, South East and East of England have the highest case rates, overtaking North West and North East

This is not an artefact of increased testing. Positivity rates are increasing everywhere, with the exception of Yorkshire

Cases per 100,000 people for all local authorities in England. Orange dots show this week's figures, grey dots last week's. Cases have risen almost everywhere

This plot shows local authorities currently in Tier 2. The vast majority have seen a rise in cases. It suggests that Tier 2 has not been effective in bringing cases under control

Tier 3 does a better job of controlling things but has still seen rises in vast majority of regions. This is the most worrying slide of all as it suggests that even our toughest set of measures is not enough to slow spread of virus

New hospital admissions per day in England. There was a dip as a result of lockdown in Nov but hospitalisations have been rising for last couple of weeks

Hospital occupancy in England: unless we take evasive action after Christmas, it's extremely likely we'll exceed the peak we saw in April

Hospitalisations are increasing across all regions with possible exception of the North West

Deaths in English hospitals within 28 days of positive Covid test: starting to go up and will continue to rise for several weeks

Vaccination is the one good news story we have at the moment so it's surprising the govt isn't making more of an effort to publicise these figures

Summary: SAGE has suggested that infection rates could double over Christmas. We're going to need to take measures to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities