The latest advance infection survey data from the ONS shows increases in 3 of the 4 countries.
E🔼from 4.8% to 5.2%
W🔽from 4.6% to 4.0%
NI🔼from 7.4% to 7.9%
S🔼from 3.5% to 4.0%
Overall 3.3m are estimated to have been positive in the week ending 5th Feb.
E🔼from 4.8% to 5.2%
W🔽from 4.6% to 4.0%
NI🔼from 7.4% to 7.9%
S🔼from 3.5% to 4.0%
Overall 3.3m are estimated to have been positive in the week ending 5th Feb.
There's still a relatively tight spread of variation by region. However it's noticeable that the 3 regions (SE,SW,E) that recently saw modest growth in admissions (in contrast to the others) are outliers with a significant % growth (around 40%) over the last two weeks.
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By age the youngest group appears now to have peaked but is still exceptionally high, and there is still steady growth in the Yr 7 to 11 band too.
Above age 50, levels are much lower but have increased this week, eg 70+ from 2.0% to 2.5%.
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Above age 50, levels are much lower but have increased this week, eg 70+ from 2.0% to 2.5%.
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Remember this is a randomly sampled survey of the population using PCR testing, so is not affected by changes in attitudes to being tested, or by changes in the rules regarding when tests are done.
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Finally, note that this is a prevalence study, and we would expect it to react more slowly than changes in incidence (which the daily cases stats tracks). Nevertheless, it's maybe a surprise that there isn't a clearer sign of a downward trend yet given recent case data.
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