NEW: Saturday update of latest UK Covid data
The trend in test positivity since Christmas is genuinely scary, with lines climbing almost vertically in all English regions.
On Christmas eve 17% of tests in London came back positive. Four days later that was 24% and accelerating
The trend in test positivity since Christmas is genuinely scary, with lines climbing almost vertically in all English regions.
On Christmas eve 17% of tests in London came back positive. Four days later that was 24% and accelerating
There are now 5,861 Covid patients in London’s hospitals, almost 700 more than at the worst point in April.
There has also been a clear inflection point in deaths, which have climbed to almost 100 per day (last seen in April).
There has also been a clear inflection point in deaths, which have climbed to almost 100 per day (last seen in April).
We can also look at data not only on how many Covid patients are in hospital, but what share they make up of *all* available beds.
This makes for grim reading: Covid patients now occupy more than half of all beds in many areas (and rising fast), including 63% in North Middlesex.
This makes for grim reading: Covid patients now occupy more than half of all beds in many areas (and rising fast), including 63% in North Middlesex.
Now, some will inevitably say "but that’s just showing Covid spreading among people who were already in hospital for other reasons", but that is wrong.
Of the 17,900 new Covid cases in English hospitals since Christmas day, 15,072 were new admissions from the community, i.e 84%.
Of the 17,900 new Covid cases in English hospitals since Christmas day, 15,072 were new admissions from the community, i.e 84%.
Here are hospital admissions for all UK regions (excl Wales where this data is not readily available).
Far from being only a London problem, new Covid admissions are now doubling in less than 2 weeks across 5 English regions.
Far from being only a London problem, new Covid admissions are now doubling in less than 2 weeks across 5 English regions.
And here’s what that means for Covid hospital occupancy:
Now increasing in every English region + Wales, and no longer falling in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Now increasing in every English region + Wales, and no longer falling in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
We can also see how the new B.1.1.7 variant is playing a key role.
Latest data from @CovidGenomicsUK show that even in 5 days from Dec 17 to Dec 22, the share of sequenced samples that found the new variant was growing well beyond the south east, with hotspots in the north too.
Latest data from @CovidGenomicsUK show that even in 5 days from Dec 17 to Dec 22, the share of sequenced samples that found the new variant was growing well beyond the south east, with hotspots in the north too.
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