Thread by @TWMCLtd

Another very late start for the daily #Covid19 thread.
I have been keeping an eye on things in among my tennis commentary from the Qatar Open tennis.
The only story in the #UK is confirmation of an end to self isolation requirement from Thursday.

Free testing will end on 1 April

#Covid19 cases in Scotland are UP today while the slowing of falling numbers continues in the rest of the #UK

The nationwide fall is only 7.8% with 38,409 registered new infections.

#England 29,753 (-6.9%)
#NIreland 2,235 (-9.3%)
#Scotland 5,307 (+3.7%)
#Wales 1,114 (-47%)

The rest of the day's #Covid19 stats of interest later. Need to get home, eat, follow Ukraine story.
My friends and colleagues there are getting very nervous now.

#Germany still very slowly reducing #Covid19 in the country.

105,542 new infections registered today, an 11% fall compared with last Monday.
143 deaths

A surprise rise in new #Covid19 cases in #Turkey today.

85,026 new cases, that's 11% higher than last Momday. It's Turkey's first increase since its infection rate peaked 13 days ago.

268 more Covid deaths.

#HongKong registered another all-time daily record today.

7,533 new cases of #Covid19 almost a quarter higher than the previous worst day for cases.
12 further deaths.

#Greece hoping that it's back on track in the battle vs #Covid19.

Another moderate fall in new cases today, of around 11% to 18,088
Also a further 90 deaths.

A near 45% increase for #Finland today.
17,671 new cases of #Covid19 reported today, covering the whole weekend.

#Iceland's been one of the worst affected by a second peak in the current wave and #Covid19 still heading up quite sharply.

2,393 more cases reported for the weekend, 500 above this time last week.

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#Denmark's still causing concern.
The number of #Covid19 patients in ICU is perhaps the most accurate guide to the situation in a country.

That figure is up 10% again today from 40 to 44, while Covid cases in Danish hospitals up 8% to 1,717 (the usual post weekend increase)

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Today only a slight fall in new #Covid19 cases in #Denmark. 28,883 positive tests in the last 24 hours, around 600 lower than a week ago.

The death toll today is 29, which is down 12 from last Monday.

#Norway's case numbers are irrelevant due to severe cutback on testing. It's a real shame because #Covid19 hospital numbers are continuing to rise, and most alarmingly ICU figures are up again today

63 Covid sufferers in ICU (+17% since Friday)
509 total patients (+15%)

Wow, actually I've just got the testing data for #Norway released a few minutes ago and despite the cutbacks, new #Covid19 cases are UP!

14,879 new infections, 821 higher than this time last week (+6%)