Thread by @TWMCLtd

Tuesday's #Covid19 thread starts here. The arguments still raging in the #UK about "Living with Covid" following the announcement from the govt. that infected people no need to isolate from Thursday.

All the important data and news updated in this thread throughout the day

However I am commentating on tennis again today; 3 matches, long day.

I do try to reply all your queries but @SimonCalder here answers many that I'm repeatedly asked, using his judgement on the regular Q "when will xxxxland drop testing requirements?"

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#UK's figures today show another slowdown in the falling numbers with only 6.6% fewer new #Covid19 cases than at this time last week.

And big differences in the different countries:
#England 30,080 (-17.5%)
#NIreland 2,951 (-1.2%)
#Scotland 6,427 (+10.7%)
#Wales 1,672 (+81%)

#UK deaths within 28 days of a #Covid19 positive test down 12% today.
234 this time last week, 205 today.

The number of Covid patients in hospital in #England falls almost 300 to 8,948
But #Scotland's total up again, by 9 to 1,060, the highest for 19 days.

#Norway's daily update on the health data provides some welcome news with a first fall in the number of #Covid19 patients in ICU for nearly a week.

There are now 58 receiving intensive care, down 5 today.
But general Covid hospitalisations still rising. Up 25 to a new record 534

In #Denmark #Covid19 related deaths up a little from 30 last Tues to 34 today. But many likely to be "incidentals" which is borne out by the excellent health data where Covid patients in ICU fall from 44 to 34.

Hospitalisations: 1,759 +42
30,480 new cases, a huge drop of >12k.

#Iceland is another nation which has problems right now and another 41% increase in new cases today.
2,415 #Covid19 infections plus 3 deaths

Elsewhere #NewZealand set another daily record for cases and 3 deaths attributed to #Covid19 is the joint second worst day ever in the country.

2,845 new infections in New Zealand in the last 24 hours, almost quadruple the total last Tuesday.

#SouthKorea reported just under 100,000 new #Covid19 cases today, around 10k below the country's daily record.

However a 97% likelihood a new record will be set tomorrow, and a large new high too with over 130,000 the likely daily total.
58 Covid deaths today

36 #Covid19 deaths in #HongKong today - almost double the previous worst daily toll.
That's more than 10% of all the territory's deaths in a single day. 336 is the all time number of fatalities.

6,211 new infections, but also likely to break the case record tomorrow.

#Estonia saw another notable leap in new #Covid19 cases today.
5,267 more infections diagnosed, an increase of over 50% on last Tuesday. 11 more deaths.

#Latvia also up, but only by around 700 to 11,837 with 17 fatalities reported.

#Lithuania down 8%

#Vietnam another nation to set a new all-time record today.

55,879 new cases of #Covid19, around 20k higher than a week ago, so still some way to go in the wave there.
Deaths starting to climb again, 77 today.

Good news from #Cyprus for travellers. Pre departure tests no longer needed for visitors to the Mediterranean island. However anyone arriving in the next week will still need to take a #Covid19 PCR test on arrival at the airport. From 1 March this is also being scrapped.

Both #Turkey and #Greece report lower #Covid19 cases today. That's important after recent surprise rises.

86,070 new infections in Turkey, around 9% lower than a week ago. 271 deaths.

Greece has a similar fall with 19,623 new cases and 68 Covid deaths