Thread by @TWMCLtd

Thursday's #Coronavirus megathread starts here with the best #Covid19 global analysis and round up available on Twitter.

First a little quiz, answer in the next Tweet:
Do you know which country has had the most recorded cases of Covid19 as a percentage of population?

So I hope there was no cheating... I'll leave some blank lines here too in case some later viewers don't want the answer just yet...
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So the nation with more #Covid19 cases than any other based on population is highly vaccinated #Seychelles at more than 20% infected.

Today I spent quite a long time being filmed/interviewed by @bbcturkce about #Covid19 and #Turkey. Not sure how much they will use, let's see.

Coincidentally the cameraman Efe, just happened to be in Kyiv as one of those using Ukraine for a 10 day stop off to avoid hotel prison!

Today's data to catch up on.
It seems a bit late to post ALL the daily Greek Island cases from y'day, but if anyone wants specific details, reply!
The most popular islands fared well:
#Crete 145 (-105)
#Corfu 40 (-13)
#Kefalonia 5 (-11)
#Kos 11 (-4)
#Rhodes 54 (-39)
#Zante 8 (-6)

#USA registered over 184,000 new cases of #Covid19 overnight. #Texas led the way with over 24,000 infections, the highest daily number in the biggest state since early January. TX also reported 325 Covid deaths.
The U.S. 7 day infection rate is now 346/100k or 495 AD/M

In case you missed it earlier, another all time #Covid19 record for #Australia overnight.

1,466 new cases of which 1,288 were again in #NewSouthWales where there were also 7 Covid deaths.
#Victoria sees a leap too, with 176 new cases

#NewZeland announced 52 new #Covid19 cases there today. Looks like they may be able to keep control of the outbreak.

#Pakistan is lowering cases and the positive test rate.

4,103 new #Covid19 infections today, down 10% compared to last Thursday.
The positive rate is now 6.7%
89 further Covid deaths

Another little spike today in #SouthKorea

Seoul announced 1,956 new cases of #Covid19 and 11 more deaths. The 7-day infection rate keeps threatening to go down but then pops back up again. It's been at more or less record levels for 3 weeks now

On 7 August #Brunei had only ever seen 357 cases of #Covid19 in the 18 months of the pandemic.
Tomorrow total infections will likely pass 3,000 after a huge spike which so far looks to have peaked with 300 cases in a day just over a week ago.
It's on🟢list and likely stays there.

Thanks to @COVID1943043792 for alerting me to the #Brunei spike!

#Norway is also having a big spike and could hit a new record early tomorrow morning. 1,640 #Covid19 cases this morning, up another 27%. Also 8 more deaths

Many worried nations in the #Caribbean which is probably the world's #Covid19 hotspot right now.

#Grenada is top of the list right now with another national record of 125 new cases in the last report. The Prime Minister is addressing the nation tomorrow with a lockdown likely

Things seem to be calming down on #Antigua & Barbuda, but not out of the woods yet.
Very low cases earlier the past 2 days but 23 new #Covid19 infections today. That's still much lower than the record 62 set 3 days ago. Should be ok if they get to Monday without any new records.

#Barbados continues to climb, but still looks one of the safer places right now. Very difficult to predict if the wave will gather momentum, but right now I don't see any problems for 3-4 weeks. Last update saw 40 new #Covid19 infections, but still a 50% increase.

#Jamaica now and there was a slight fall in the case numbers released late yesterday.
351 new #Covid19 cases, but an all time record 31 new deaths.
#JAM may yet push up some more, the positive test rate still a way too high 32%

#StLucia may have passed the peak, but still need another couple of days' data to confirm the hopes.

103 more #Covid19 cases and 2 deaths in the update early this morning. That's slightly down on last week. However testing wasn't great and still a 33% positive test rate

After a couple of rises this wk, #Belgium is steady today with 2,842 new #Covid19 cases, just 53 fewer than last Thursday. Just 2 more deaths.

The extent of #Ukraine's growth is plain to see now as today I can compare like with like. It's a 57% increase with 2,477 cases, 44 dead

#Europe #Covid19 cases today:

#Austria 1,510 (+72), 3 died
#Czechia 261 (+14)
#Estonia 474 (+69), 2 dead
#Finland 683 (+33)
#Hungary 262 (+82),1 death
#Latvia 340 (+190), 1 died. Huge 127% increase
#Lithuania 807 (+104), 8 dead
#Poland 390 (+139), 7 deaths
#Slovakia 178 (+17)

Seven weeks since #Covid19 cases peaked in #Russia, the infection rate continues to fall, but the death rate remains at record levels.

18,985 new cases yet 798 daily deaths (again) according to the Ministry of Made Up Stats in the Kremlin.

Strange data from #Philippines too where #Covid19 cases continue to edge up slightly.

16,621 new #Covid19 infections. 148 new deaths
The infection rate's at an all time high.
Yet deaths started coming down quite dramatically a week ago. That's not right!

After 9 days of virtually identical data, #UAE has expanded the parameters very slightly, daring to suggest only 975 new #Covid19 cases today.

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1433020429103476740

A new wave or spike, is gathering ground in #Malta

It's unexpected to be honest after the massive wave not so long since. However the 7 day infection rate is up 27% in just 4 days.

75 new #Covid19 cases today, 79% above last Thursday's total.

Another 20% fall in #Covid19 infections for #Greece today.

2,840 new cases.
Health wise, 33 deaths while 362 patients remain seriously ill

#UK sees a minimal fall in #Covid19 numbers
38,154 new cases, just 127 fewer than a week ago

178 more Covid related deaths today, up from 140. There could still be some weekend lag. I'd expect tomorrow's death toll to be near 100.

Over the week:
Cases: ⬆️-1.0%
Deaths:⬆️+0.9%

#Covid19 case numbers across #UK by country (change from last Thursday)

#England 28,686 (-2.5%)
#NIreland 793 (-36%)
#Scotland 6,400 (+30%)
#Wales 2,275 (-6%)

Scotland could see new record tomorrow.
Any "festival" acquired infections will start to feed through from now.

#Covid19 patients in hospitals right now:

#England 6,186 (+5% compared with last Thursday)
#Scotland 624 (+46%)

#Switzerland virtually unchanged again

2,838 new cases of #Covid19 - just 29 higher than seven days ago.
12 Covid deaths in #SUI

More #Covid19 numbers from Europe:

#Denmark 694 (-288)
#Iceland 56 (-46)
#Italy 6,761 (-460), 34 more have died
#Netherlands 2,773 (+189), 5 deaths
#Sweden 1,214 (-297)

An increase in new #Covid19 cases in #Portugal but it follows the huge fall yesterday, so almost certainly just some lag in reporting and nothing to be concerned about.

2,830 infections diagnosed and 9 deaths.

#Balkans round up of #Covid19 cases (+/- last wk)/deaths today

#Bosnia #BiH 554 (-76), 26 dead
#Bulgaria 1,745 (+144) 54
#Croatia 798 (+160), 11
#Kosovo 1,612 (-683), 32
#Montenegro 577 (-187), 1
#Romania 1,470 (+517), 26
#Serbia 3,524 (+1070), 15
#Slovenia 666 (+157), 3 dead

The last Balkans countries have just reported, and it's good news for #Albania which sees a surprise fall in new #Covid19 cases.
853 positive tests, 35 fewer than last Thursday. 4 deaths.

#NorthMacedonia has been falling for a while.
760 new cases (-321) and 23 deaths

Unexpected rise in #Spain
I guess #Covid19 infections have been falling too quickly and this is a "correction" rather than a sudden change of direction. Tomorrow's data will be important now though.

9,561 new cases, up >2,400
But the infection rate's still lower than 2 days ago

#Morocco continues to make excellent progress in its fight against #Covid19

5,383 new cases this evening, almost exactly 2000 fewer than last Thursday.
Deaths already falling too - down to 70 today.

#France achieves a reduction of over 10% again.
17,621 #Covid19 cases diagnosed today. That's compared to 19,683 this time last week.

85 further deaths in #FRA

It's been confirmed this evening that from the end of the month no-one will be allowed in to nightclubs in the UK without proof of full #Covid19 vaccination.
There is no option to take a rapid test.

The new law will also apply to "other venues where large crowds gather"

It's been confirmed this evening that from the end of the month no-one will be allowed in to nightclubs in the UK without proof of full #Covid19 vaccination.
There is no option to take a rapid test.

The new law will also apply to "other venues where large crowds gather"

Worryingly for #Turkey a 20% increase in new infections compared to last Thursday.

23,496 more #Covid19 cases diagnosed, although with a few more tests than yesterday the positive rate has gone down slightly.

283 more Covid deaths announced.

Just a 15% increase for #Germany as it nears the peak of the wave.

13,854 new cases of #Covid19 detected today.
38 more deaths.

The last published data on testing rates shows UK testing around 8 to 10 x more than Germany with cases 4 times higher.

#Cyprus sees new #Covid19 cases 7% lower than a week ago.

235 more infections today and 1 Covid deaths.
The positive test rate is now down to 0.45% and Cyprus must have a real chance of making the green list in the next review

News from 2 nations unfortunate to still be🔴

#DominicanRepublic has a small increase in #Covid19 cases to 349
But #DomRep's rate is low & fairly stable

#Maldives: 173 new cases, well up from 108. Signs of a new wave continue

But if both improve genomic sequencing should be ok

#India's infection rate still rising, but slowly now.
The 7 day rate is up over 4% in 10 days

45,482 new #Covid19 cases today, just 2% higher than last Thursday. 357 more Covid deaths

#SouthAfrica is still on course to come off red in October by my reckoning.

#Covid19 cases falling steeply now: down by >3,500 today to 9,202

But another 418 people have died
Compare SA with UK.
Summer peak saw SA have half infections of UK peak yet four times the death toll

#Israel hit a freak 20,000 new cases of #Covid19 yesterday, two-thirds higher than any other day in the history of the pandemic.

Today over 10,000 more positive tests, still 20% higher than a week ago. #ISR has now reached an all time high 7-day infection rate

Not great news from #Jamaica tonight.

572 additional #Covid19 cases, 24% higher than a week ago. The positive test rate remains stable, but at a dangerous 34%

19 Covid deaths reported in #JAM today.

#Ireland reports 1,751 further cases of #Covid19 this evening. That's 115 fewer than last Thursday's total.

343 people remain hospitalised with the disease with 59 of those patients in ICU.